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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:

You had to know this particular guy in order to understand that it was,
indeed, a racial remark. "I got no problem with black people, but I just
don't think they belong on this street", spoken with a straight face.

OK. I'm sorry. That sentiment should have been dead and buried YEARS ago.
Sadly, it will always haunt us to some degree.

As far as mass transport being foisted on people, do you know
anyone who takes the train into Manhattan to get to work?

I didn't think so.

Heck, I've never been to Chicago, much less any more northeast than that.

You'll recall my diatribe excepted those living in the relative high density
areas I called "the rust belt". Given the age of such cities, there is no
other, viable transportation than so-called "mass" transit. Just look at the
hoards and throngs of people walking back to New Jersey from New York after
the twin towers fell.

I'm referring mostly to urban areas like Minneapolis, for example. The design
of the bridge to replace the one that fell (apparently) includes accommodation
for light rail. It sounds good but too few will use it. Those areas WEST of
the Mississippi river that have built light rail (for example) have discovered
that the system is woefully underused. But that doesn't shut 'em down: Those
that don't and/or never will use the system pay for it because light rail is A
Good Ideatm. This is as unfair to ME as is the gas consumption of my
Silverado to "them". Touché.
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JR