Welcome to my blog friends. I hope it'll be entertaining, but I try not to make promises I can't keep. I'll cover a variety of topics, dependent on what random thoughts bubble up to the top of my head.
I know the subject has been done to death, but I can't help but continue to whine about the MBTA incessantly. It would also be false advertising if the blog wasn't a little bit boring.
I've been riding the T for a good chunk of my life now, which is unfortunate. Aside from being afflicted with bad, untreated scoliosis during my freshman year of high school and being forced to stand long periods waiting for buses and trains to show up, I don't think I had that much to complain about. It gets even worse when you're "of age." Getting mad because you can't get home in time to get a good head start on homework (or, more realistically, to play video games) is one thing. Being forced to pay 30 or more dollars for a taxi ride because you missed the last train is another. Each time a big event happens downtown or near somewhere easily accessible by T, patrons are urged to take public transportation instead of driving. Not that this is ever a situation I have to deal with, but do even modest bar and partygoers leave in time to catch a 12:30 train?
Aside from this fact, is designating a buddy as driver really a bigger hassle than riding the MBTA? For students it's almost necessary, as the cost of gas, parking, car payments and insurance are serious strains. Even given this, many, at least that I know, would say it's worth it not to be forced to deal with bus drivers and conductors (often rude drivers and conductors), who use schedules as guidelines rather than schedules, dirty conditions and unsettling fellow passengers. I've been reading for years how the MBTA is struggling with tight budget constraints and debt, but that really doesn't provide that much solace or incentive to keep riding.
That being said, if it ran to, let's say, 1:30 AM, all would be forgiven.
Is this not your blog, Jaime? I saw on Blackboard that you said the prof. posted the RSS feed, but this is where the link takes me, the link I posted on The Wheatley Chronicle. What am I missing?
ReplyDeleteYeah this is the right one, unless I'm really mistaken I think there was another link there before.
ReplyDeleteHaving lived in Boston my entire life, I couldn't imagine life without the T. I do understand your comment about the "unsettling fellow passengers" and I have missed one too many last trains after a late night. But the T is like my dependable bff and strongly rivals the other options for travel here in the city.
ReplyDeleteI attack the T a lot, but I do agree that it's pretty convenient to not have to drive through traffic and bleed money constantly. I just wish it was run a little bit better. The part about passengers was mostly a joke, but I have had some really disturbing encounters on the T that I really could have done without.
ReplyDeleteLOL... I grew up in the city and lived on the T, honestly, I love having a car and driving where ever!!
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