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

[mike ruberto]

I always loved that garish tile mural at Market St. Terminal. Always
cheered me up on bleak winter days.

M. A. Ruberto

On Nov 9, 2007 2:59 PM, Louis van Dompselaar <louis at dompselaar.org> wrote:
> 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.
>
>
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