[lbo-talk] Re: gorgeous moscow subway stations

Chuck0 chuck at mutualaid.org
Mon Apr 18 14:23:39 PDT 2005


Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:


> Part of the reason is the absence of junk food - this stuff is usually
> wrapped and the wrapper discarded when the item is consumed. For example,
> in the Soviet times, the Russians used soda dispensers with an actual glass
> that was washed after each use (subject of derision by many yanks).
>

The Metro system in Washington, DC got incredibly messier after 9/11 because the paranoid authorities removed all of the trash cans from the system. After several months, a few bomb proof trashcans showed up but they had little effect on the trashed system.

I feel sorry for the suckers who have to use that system every day.

Get out while you can!

Chuck



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