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  • #76
    Originally posted by Az


    You do realize that Boston's metro is ~8 times smaller than London, and doesn't actually need this big a system?
    Well I'd hate to be on their roads then - London's are bad enough
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    • #77
      As for CMU, Pittsburgh is not exactly a party town. Plus, Pittsburgh suffers from all the same weather ailments as Boston without the redeeming feature of being near a beach (at least in the summer) and having good seafood.
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      • #78
        Originally posted by JimmyCracksCorn


        No, metro Boston is 6 million. Greater Boston is 3 million. The City of Boston is 550,000.

        oh, ok then, Boston PT sucks then. thanks, and have a nice day.
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        • #79
          Jimmy seems to have his facts screwed up.

          Worcester, Lowell, and Lawrence are not part of Metro Boston. Hell, I can get to Boston in 45 minutes and I live on the border of New Hampshire.

          Metro Boston only includes the immediate areas. Worcester has its own metro area (its also in the ****ing middle of the state)

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          • #80
            What do you guys say about Berlin then? 3 million people (4 in metro), and you can see the railway system in my post

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            • #81
              Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
              Jimmy seems to have his facts screwed up.

              Worcester, Lowell, and Lawrence are not part of Metro Boston. Hell, I can get to Boston in 45 minutes and I live on the border of New Hampshire.

              Metro Boston only includes the immediate areas. Worcester has its own metro area (its also in the ****ing middle of the state)

              Nope. Worcester, Lowell and Lawrence are all included in the official census statistics for the Boston Metropolitan area. Its officially called the New England County Metropolitan Area (NECMA). Here's the official census data:



              Just scroll down a bit to the NECMA entry. Its 6 million.

              And you're correct in saying that Worcester has its own metro, but you're forgetting that the Worcester Metro is part of the Boston Metro too. The Boston metro even includes some towns in New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Its sounds stupid, I know, but all cities do this and New England is a very small area.

              oh, ok then, Boston PT sucks then. thanks, and have a nice day.
              No it doesn't. Thanks, have a nice day. Oh, and there's a huge difference between 6 and 12 million as far as transit needs.

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              • #82
                Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
                Jimmy seems to have his facts screwed up.

                Worcester, Lowell, and Lawrence are not part of Metro Boston. Hell, I can get to Boston in 45 minutes and I live on the border of New Hampshire.

                Metro Boston only includes the immediate areas. Worcester has its own metro area (its also in the ****ing middle of the state)

                Oh, and you're map shows Greater Boston, not Metro Boston.

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                • #83
                  That's retahded.

                  Also, the Public Transportation that is discussed here is Boston's. Boston's PT does not extend to Worcester, Lowell, etc by anything but commuter rail. Therefore, talk of Boston's PT being insufficient because it isn't good enough for 6 million is moot.

                  Philadelphia's Metro Area includes Wilmington DE and Atlantic City NJ. Should Philly then be faulted for its PT IRT those cities?
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