[lbo-talk] No road rage, but trains are stressful ...

[wrobert at uci.edu]

I'm currently in graduate school in Irvine, California and I thought one
of the telling moments when I was discussing the area with a professor of
mine, she referred to the one hour commute as a time for relaxation.

                           robert wood


> Boy, you Californians never give up!  The Left Coast must be the last
> place
> in the nation where people are as giddy with delight at the prospect of
> sitting behind a steering wheel as folks elsewhere were in, say, 1950.
>
> In any event, comparing rail vs. auto commuting is much the same as
> debating
> whether it's preferable to be electrocuted or gassed -- neither
> alternative
> is that great.  All in all, though, I think commuting to Manhattan via the
> LIRR is slightly less shitty than traveling by car because you can at
> least
> read on the train, so the time isn't completely wasted.
>
> Carl