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Currently on the train to work on the train. I work in IT, often out seeing customers in the car but if in the office all day I usually get the train.

Anyone else sound poor like me and use PT?

Pros and cons below:

Pros: Attractive females sometimes in business attire, can have an extra one or two drinks in the office cause I don’t have to drive, don’t have to deal with traffic, it’s usually quicker going to the CBD

Cons: Dealing with riff raff, delays, sometimes I have to stand, sometimes the trains stink, people having annoying conversations on their phone, people playing shit music on their phone without earphones sometimes
 
TankAbbott4Eva said:
Currently on the train to work on the train. I work in IT, often out seeing customers in the car but if in the office all day I usually get the train.

Anyone else sound poor like me and use PT?

Pros and cons below:

Pros: Attractive females sometimes in business attire, can have an extra one or two drinks in the office cause I don’t have to drive, don’t have to deal with traffic, it’s usually quicker going to the CBD

Cons: Dealing with riff raff, delays, sometimes I have to stand, sometimes the trains stink, people having annoying conversations on their phone, people playing shit music on their phone without earphones sometimes
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I had used a lot when I was young and sometimes 0 problems to walk too....
Now I use in rare cases .... for example if I'm drunk then I use PT or ask someone or will call taxi.
 
I used to ride NYC subways when my territory was NYC. I have added 10 years BACK to my life not riding them anymore. The last few years got NUTS. So many mentally ill homeless people...violent outbursts, horrible smells. Then a year and a half ago all of a sudden, the subways looked like a 3rd world country. Migrants everywhere. Not families, tatted up mean mofos. I saw people every day jumping the turnstiles while I pay $127 a month. I see cell phones and head phones being stolen almost every few days. SOMETHING happens every day. Now I am in my own car and happy as fuck. There is almost no amount of money that could make me go back to the subways.
 
Inter city trains are comfortable, and you can get some work done. GOAT
 
I Am Legion said:
I used to ride NYC subways when my territory was NYC. I have added 10 years BACK to my life not riding them anymore. The last few years got NUTS. So many mentally ill homeless people...violent outbursts, horrible smells. Then a year and a half ago all of a sudden, the subways looked like a 3rd world country. Migrants everywhere. Not families, tatted up mean mofos. I saw people every day jumping the turnstiles while I pay $127 a month. I see cell phones and head phones being stolen almost every few days. SOMETHING happens every day. Now I am in my own car and happy as fuck. There is almost no amount of money that could make me go back to the subways.
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I went to NY about 10 years ago and used the subway, they were pretty rough and ready then ha ha

Meatspin said:
Yeah I use PT but its Switzerland, so the best in the world. Do slum it occasionally when back home in Australia too.
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Do you live in Switzerland? Shit I thought you lived here, nice
 
I don't think it's as much a matter of money than it is convenience. There's a shitload of zillionaires in NYC who use public transportation.
My grandfather worked in Manhattan and lived in Long Island and took the train every day. It was just so much easier. He could read the New York Times instead of fighting traffic.
 
The only good thing about PT is that you can drink in the bus and train
 
AFanNotAFighter said:
I don't think it's as much a matter of money than it is convenience. There's a shitload of zillionaires in NYC who use public transportation.
My grandfather worked in Manhattan and lived in Long Island and took the train every day. It was just so much easier. He could read the New York Times instead of fighting traffic.
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True. Very wealthy take the train regularly. But it's disgusting at the same time. Fkn hate public transport
 
TankAbbott4Eva said:
Currently on the train to work on the train. I work in IT, often out seeing customers in the car but if in the office all day I usually get the train.

Anyone else sound poor like me and use PT?

Pros and cons below:

Pros: Attractive females sometimes in business attire, can have an extra one or two drinks in the office cause I don’t have to drive, don’t have to deal with traffic, it’s usually quicker going to the CBD

Cons: Dealing with riff raff, delays, sometimes I have to stand, sometimes the trains stink, people having annoying conversations on their phone, people playing shit music on their phone without earphones sometimes
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am currently a public transport guy, and have been for almost two years. before that, i used public transport for almost twelve straight years. i so much more prefer public transport over driving. it's not even a contest. though i will say, that if i lived in an area that wasn't so busy, i would consider driving to work maybe half the time.

pros for me when using the train: same as you, nice looking women, can sit and get work done, can stand and listen to music, watch something on your phone. same deal with being on the bus. don't have to worry about finding parking. don't have to pay for gas or drive to get gas. no car, gas, or insurance bill. but most importantly of all, no stress from being in traffic. that is the most important pro here.

cons for using public transport: it usually takes longer. you are never in the same comfortable environment. one day you can be around clean, normal people. the next day, you can be next to a stinky bum with their plastic bag of aluminum cans in a hot, crowded train car. once you're off the train, you have to either catch a bus, or walk several blocks to your destination. there are many more transitions involved with using public transport. if it rains, you're in the elements.

i think it just comes down to each person and what they can tolerate better.
 
YoungBoyd said:
Public transport is great when you live somewhere decent. If you live in a shithole; get a car asap
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yeah, that is true, or just don't use it at night. i know when i lived in san francisco, i never used the buses at night. i was WAY safer walking than i was taking the bus lol.
 
Here in Austin it doesn't really make sense to use public transportation if you own a vehicle.

The bus system is just not very good for a big city. Its not terrible, but it's a major inconvenience compared to driving. I did have a few years in my 20s where I went without a car. Not something I am trying to do again.
 
The roads in our capital are so shit that they could stop an army of russian tanks, so to not break my car, if I have no passengers, I drop my car at my sisters place (free parking, lol) and use PT.
 
YoungBoyd said:
Public transport is great when you live somewhere decent. If you live in a shithole; get a car asap
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yes, absolutely. in the u.s., you really can only feel good using public transport if you live directly or very close to city centers in relatively clean and safe cities.
 
Unless if you’re in Luxembourg or Japan, public transportation sounds and is hell on earth. I’d rather sit in car in traffic for an extra hour a day than have to deal with the heathens and plebs that take public transport. At least,’in my car, I can listen to a book and not deal with anybody else’s shit.
 
We finally have a train system running here, but so far they only opened a segment that doesn't really take people from where they live to where they work or go to school, so they'd have to transfer to bus which then sits in traffic.

I would use it in lieu of paying like $400+ per month for work parking. I'd probably buy one of those folding plastic crates with extending luggage handle rollers if I had to make a grocery stop.

Here every weekday around 3pm the freeway is a four lane parking lot with slow moving heavy traffic. I don't understand why the coconut heads here don't use the train more. More free time, more money to spend elsewhere.
 
Last time I rode our public transportation through Oakland and San Francisco some dudes light up huge joints right in a crowded car. Nobody dares to say a word for fear of catching a beating or getting shot.

I now refuse to ride it and would rather spend 4x the money and 2 times the time taking my own car. It’s not worth it in the Bay Area anymore. It’s all homeless and thugs
 
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