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GRLMGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:37 PM Original message |
How is the public transportation (if applicable) in your hometown? |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. I live downtown in Toronto. |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. South of Atlanta |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. That is not the reason. hi. I live in west la, and we would love to have trains! |
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GRLMGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. No kidding |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. We are better off here in the Valley than the folks on the West Side. |
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GRLMGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. That we are. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #34 |
46. glad to know there are DUers near by! |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. woefully inadequeate |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. Our bus routes are ridiculous. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
52. This is the way in my area also |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
7. No accesss to where I work |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. Tucson AZ |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. I live in bumfuck nowhere |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. I live in rural northern Minnesota and we have great mass transit |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. when i was in el paso it took 7 hours to go from one side of town to the other |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. I live near the Gold Line. I can reach specific destinations |
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GRLMGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. The only way I can think of getting to Glendale from the Gold Line |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 01:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
45. Actually, there is a stop about a mile from my house (not Mission) and one a bit further. |
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lynnertic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. A friend lived in S. Pasadena when the Gold line was just started - the train stx was about 1 mi. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. A couple of years ago I did a little transit "adventure" just to try out the system. |
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GRLMGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I think its Memorial Park |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Do you happen to know what the major cross streets are for Old Pasadena? |
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GRLMGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Let me think |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Thanks, I think I can find it. When I get there I guess I could also ASK |
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RoseMead (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. Rotten |
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GRLMGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Yeah, I liked the T |
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RoseMead (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I loved Boston :) |
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GRLMGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Me too! |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Salem had a good T-bus system when I was last there. I used to live there back in 1994. |
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RoseMead (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I just took the commuter train |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. One thing about the Northeast corridor is that their passenger rail is still half-way decent. |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. WHY DID YOU MOVE !! |
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RoseMead (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Oh the ice cream shop was gone before I moved, alas. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #43 |
55. Steve's Ice Cream in Somerville??? |
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RoseMead (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Sounds nummy :) |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. Almost non-existent, basically one route for a city of 16,000+ people. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. There's a guy who'll drive you anywhere in the county for four bucks. n/t |
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lynnertic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
23. Public transit is so inadequate in Los Gatos, CA that one large employer set up a pvt shuttle |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
24. We have a weird squirrelly bus system that nobody rides |
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summer borealis (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
25. Not bad in Harrisburg, Pa. |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
26. Just did a phone survey with the local transit district |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
27. I'm about a mile from public buses and they take forever to get to their destinations. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
29. Are you in the far EAST end or the far WEST end, lol? |
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GRLMGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I'm one town away from Simi Valley |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. If you're in Chatsworth you can hop the Metrolink train........ |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
31. totally non-existant. No busses, (except school) taxi, or trains. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
33. I can't even get a cab, and forget a bus or train !!! |
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Carolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
40. I'm in SC and it's practically non-existent |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-11-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
41. We have a brand new train station in our small town.... |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
47. Phoenix, Arizona--awful. nt |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
48. It's ok in Seattle, not great, not completely shitty.... |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
49. I commute into New York City |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
50. I'm in Woodstock, northwest of Atlanta |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
51. in my hometown, it was patchy |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
53. Nonexistent. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
54. I live in the country. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
57. For a town this size, it isn't too bad. |
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