• boonhet@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    Love how this is in the one US city where you need a car the least as far as I know. You’ve got the subway, the sidewalks, cabs… I mean sure, the latter exists in the form of ride sharing apps basically everywhere now, but NYC had cabs even in old movies. Though I suspect most other cities of any real size had them as well

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      4 hours ago

      I had a girlfriend from Phoenix who was surprised you could hail a cab on the street in Boston, she thought that only happened in NYC…

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      20 hours ago

      I dunno about NYC but Chicago has a pretty large and diverse public transit system.

      That said the first bus I got onto in Chicago clearly hit a parked car that was too far over the line and the driver just sorta shrugged and kept on truckin’.

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      20 hours ago

      There are buses too. Last time I visited NYC I used buses all the time. They were clean, frequent, cheap, and I had great conversations with other passengers. 10/10.

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        9 hours ago

        Only a buck 50. Cabs and rides have get a greatly reduced rate, and it gets packed onto the ride charge.