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  • #76
    Ben.

    Under 10 miles, bike, bus with a reserved lane, or subway is usually faster than car.
    At 500 miles a bullet train is faster than a plane. And no, density along the line doesn't matter. You could be crossing barren land that it wouldn't matter, if the two cities needed to be connected.
    Last edited by Fake Boris; April 16, 2009, 22:26.
    In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.

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    • #77
      Asher... when you get restricted, it will not be because we meant to restrict you, it will just happen that way.

      NOW CHILL!
      Keep on Civin'
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      • #78
        THIS POST WAS NOT MEANT TO BE INSULTING.
        IT JUST HAPPENED THAT WAY.


        "My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
        "The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud

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        • #79
          Originally posted by Ming View Post
          Asher... when you get restricted, it will not be because we meant to restrict you, it will just happen that way.

          NOW CHILL!
          Will it be a bullet train to Mingapulco?

          I'm not sure if the population density warrants that trip, even though I'm a frequent flier.
          "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
          Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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          • #80
            Originally posted by Wezil View Post
            The only reason to go to either Niagara or Windsor would be to make the US connection. Unfortunately Buffalo and Detroit are the US connection points. This doesn't strengthen the argument for these cities.

            Agreed. What would be the point of connecting to your border cities when our border cities don't have any rail service to speak of? Let alone the fact that they are Detroit and Buffalo, aka Detroit without the glitz.
            "My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
            "The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud

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            • #81
              Buffalo, aka Detroit without the glitz.


              Or the crime.
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              • #82
                That too.
                "My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
                "The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud

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                • #83
                  HSBC Arena is downright spectacular compared to the Joe (discounting history).
                  "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                  Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                  • #84
                    Under 10 miles, bike, bus with a reserved lane, or subway is usually faster than car.
                    Maybe in downtown Manhattan. Otherwise, um, no.

                    -Arrian
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                    • #85
                      Originally posted by Arrian View Post
                      Maybe in downtown Manhattan. Otherwise, um, no.

                      -Arrian
                      Where do you live? In a dense urban area, it's often the case.
                      In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.

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                      • #86
                        It's definitely true in Toronto.
                        "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                        Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                        • #87
                          Originally posted by Oncle Boris View Post
                          Where do you live? In a dense urban area, it's often the case.
                          He lives in the type of neighborhood that 95% of Americans live in.
                          I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                          • #88
                            Obviously I don't live in a dense urban area. That's why I mentioned Manhattan. Clearly, in that environment, bike/bus may indeed trump a car. I've driven in Manhattan. Ugh.

                            I used Manhattan as my example, but obviously in any dense urban center, it applies.

                            There are lots and lots of places that aren't that dense, obviously including where I live (which I suspect is less common than Dan thinks - it's really quite rural). But even if we go with Hartford, my place of work... if I want to get someplace that is ~5 miles distance, man, give me the car.

                            -Arrian
                            grog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!

                            The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.

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                            • #89
                              Unless you live right next to a subway station or right next to an express bus line that picks up every 5 minutes and goes right where you need to go, a car or cab will be the quickest way to get there in the vast majority of the US. Definitely 95%+.

                              I live in the middle of the city and this is still the case. Parking will be a *****, however. And there will be select times when getting from a particular point A to point B may be quicker by other methods (like Friday afternoons, when everybody is trying to get out of the city to the beach).
                              I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                              • #90
                                New Jersey has a good statewide mass transit system. I would still rather use a car.

                                ...

                                Except for the time I took the train into Manhattan from Denville. That was nice. Really really slow, but nice.
                                No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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