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I always remembered Montpelier above all other state capitals because of the name.
Montpelier, VT It's the best town in the world.
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Posted 11 April 2007 - 11:22 PM
moonunit4eva, on Apr 11 2007, 11:25 PM, said:
dude3 won't be happy if you lock it. Just get back on topic.
Aww, I appreciate you looking out for me and my topic.
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Posted 12 April 2007 - 12:04 AM
Mackilroy, on Apr 9 2007, 10:14 PM, said:
Boston>Montpelier.
Granted, all of New England is tiny and inferior to the West Coast, but that's okay.
Granted, all of New England is tiny and inferior to the West Coast, but that's okay.
It's concentrated awesome. Sure beats your shallow and vain existence on the left coast.
dude3, on Apr 10 2007, 01:20 AM, said:
Mackilroy and mrxak, you could not be more wrong about Boston. It's not as bad as New York City, but it's still quite charmless. Furthermore, it has the worst subway of all the major cities I've visited.
Victoria is a fun place, though it's too touristy to compete with Montpelier.
Victoria is a fun place, though it's too touristy to compete with Montpelier.
Charmless? What do you want, a quaint little suburb? It's a city of culture, history, and good ######ing food.
As for the subways, they work just fine. It's public transport, not a limo service.
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Posted 12 April 2007 - 10:44 PM
mrxak, on Apr 12 2007, 01:04 AM, said:
As for the subways, they work just fine. It's public transport, not a limo service.
Somebody should tell San Francisco, Montreal, London, and New York City. They must've missed that memo that said public transit should run like a Disneyland ride.
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Posted 13 April 2007 - 02:55 PM
Maybe I just don't understand your problem with Boston's subways. What, exactly, did not live up to your precious expectations?
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Posted 13 April 2007 - 03:42 PM
dude3, on Apr 12 2007, 09:44 PM, said:
Somebody should tell San Francisco, Montreal, London, and New York City. They must've missed that memo that said public transit should run like a Disneyland ride.
And Chicago. Bumpiest subway I've ever been on.
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Posted 13 April 2007 - 09:14 PM
mrxak, on Apr 13 2007, 12:55 PM, said:
Maybe I just don't understand your problem with Boston's subways. What, exactly, did not live up to your precious expectations?
I think you're talking to dude3 here but here's my take:
I have, as a tourist, used the subways/light rails of DC, Boston, New York, San Francisco, Chicago. While Chicago's isn't exactly awesome, I have to say, they all put Boston's to shame. In all fairness, that was a few years ago, and I've heard that it's gotten rather better since they introduced and worked some of the kinks out of the CharlieCard, so maybe I need to make another trip there. The fact that it's something like 120 years old also gives it some leeway.
Did I mention that in each of these cities, I spent a least 2 days joyriding the transit system? I'm rather obcessive about transit systems.
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Posted 14 April 2007 - 12:44 AM
wolfman_rec, on Apr 13 2007, 03:42 PM, said:
And Chicago. Bumpiest subway I've ever been on.
I didn't really like Chicago's, either. DC was much better.
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Posted 14 April 2007 - 01:12 PM
moonunit4eva, on Apr 13 2007, 07:37 PM, said:
Haha.. rather? Haven't you bought numerous books and read about subways "for fun"? and read subway maps.. for fun.. Heh.. Yeah..
Reading is fun. Maps are fun. Subways are fun.
Where's the problem here?
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Posted 14 April 2007 - 01:15 PM
No problem. I just don't see how maps are fun. Personal prefernece is to read a fantasy or sci-fi book. Now.. find a fantasy book about a magic subway.. THAT I might be interested in
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Posted 14 April 2007 - 02:47 PM
Maps are totally fun, because systems are awesome.
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Posted 14 April 2007 - 04:36 PM
moonunit4eva, on Apr 14 2007, 11:15 AM, said:
No problem. I just don't see how maps are fun. Personal prefernece is to read a fantasy or sci-fi book. Now.. find a fantasy book about a magic subway.. THAT I might be interested in
I actually read a book about that...well, kind of, it was about a guy who step into another dimension or something on the London Underground..
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Posted 15 April 2007 - 12:29 AM
I've actually never ridden on a subway. Regular trains, above ground commuter rail, and express trains, yes, but never a subway.
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Posted 15 April 2007 - 02:36 AM
The Journalist, on Apr 14 2007, 05:36 PM, said:
I actually read a book about that...well, kind of, it was about a guy who step into another dimension or something on the London Underground..
You mean Harry Potter?
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Posted 15 April 2007 - 03:08 AM
Heh, no, actually, he RIDES the Underground but it's not integral to his passage into the wizard world.
I can't for the life of me think of what this book's called or who wrote it.
I can't for the life of me think of what this book's called or who wrote it.
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Posted 15 April 2007 - 06:20 AM
He doesn't ride the underground, he walks on to platform 9 and 3/4 in Kings Cross railway station in London. He does this by getting his trolly of luggage, and running at a certain piece of wall. The wall you see in the films actually exists, and now has a sign on it saying "Platform 9 3/4", it also has a luggage trolly half sticking out of it, and I believe a health and safety message asking children to please not run full pelt at the wall, because it'll hurt like hell...
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Posted 16 April 2007 - 12:06 AM
Lektor, on Apr 15 2007, 04:20 AM, said:
He doesn't ride the underground, he walks on to platform 9 and 3/4 in Kings Cross railway station in London. He does this by getting his trolly of luggage, and running at a certain piece of wall. The wall you see in the films actually exists, and now has a sign on it saying "Platform 9 3/4", it also has a luggage trolly half sticking out of it, and I believe a health and safety message asking children to please not run full pelt at the wall, because it'll hurt like hell...
He does indeed ride the Underground; he uses it to get to the building that has the passage into Diagon Alley for the first time. It's early-ish in the first book.
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