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Originally Posted by East2Westback
No...I live here...I know what it is like everyday... I love SLC and know it, I also love NYC and know it.
It was filthy????? How many stations were you in? What is your definition of filthy? Things are not meticulous when they are used. Those stations are cleaned everyday.
"Only the lower class use it." Wow!
What I am really wanting to know is what do you consider and how do you judge a "lower class" person? How do you know they are lower class people?
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Well if you are going to quote me, at least do it accurately. I said "only the lower class SEEM to use it"... that was my personal observation (which I am entitled to), and not a knock on people with less money... after all, I was using it too wasn't I? The point I was making that you are misinterpreting, is that the system did not seem very Utopian to me. My comparison was to the Tube system in London, which in comparison to New York is much closer to Ideal. London seems to make a concerted effort to make their system comfortable to use for every class of people, even the ones who might normally turn their nose up at mass transit. They are proactive about it, which is not the impression I got from New York. Maybe some upper class people do use the subway in New York, but the system certainly isn't maintained to that standard, whereas in London it is. I am middle class myself, so this isn't some conversation about class warfare. I just think that a city of New York's caliber should be able to boast a system that treats its riders as if they are all upper class.
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