[sdiy] way OT: what's the dilly with subways in Philly?

[Louis van Dompselaar]

Well, having travelled in quite a few subways, metros and undergrounds 
around the world, I can say that I never felt it to be a "lower class" 
thing anywhere.  In the biggest cities, it's usually one of the most 
convenient ways to travel the larger distances.  I've been in the 
London, NYC, Boston MA, Tokyo, Berlin, Paris, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam 
subways.  That's it, I think.  Not Philly though, although I was in 
Philly two months ago.

> The subway wasn't nasty and it was a convenient way to get back home 
> after a long day of walking. IS having a car to drive around some kind 
> of status thing? Friends from NY say every and all kinds of people 
> ride the subway. Maybe driving in NY is way more of a hassle. So I 
> guess it must come down to a socioeconomic thing.