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As a millenial from a 500-person town in Nowhere, Nebraska who has never seen a functioning city, let me tell you how urban and cosmopolitian dysfunction DC is!  Waiting forever for a squalid train that will almost certainly break down and make me late for my internship is just part of the vibrant experience.  Plus I get to talk down to people who still live in Nowhere, when I move back in a couple years.[/quote]

pp here. this has always amused me about people from nowheresville who move here and think they're in the "big city."  this ain't NYC. it ain't chicago.  it ain't even philly. so i'm not missing out on all that much by living in a close-in suburb.[/quote]

Don't take this the wrong way, but are you an idiot?  The Metro breaks down literally every single week, and any given line is likely broken down every single day.  You do know what Safetrack is, yes?  That huge maintenance program designed to fix years and years of poor repair and sloppy work?  The program that has been causing massive delays for months?  Ring any bells?  You do know Metro had the dubious honor of being the first transit system seized by the Feds because it posed an imminent risk of harm?  You know, the transit system that is so unreliable that it has lost riders year over year despite huge population growth in the area?

By way of example, it is Tuesday.  My Metro train broke down last night during my commute home.  My morning commute yesterday and today were delayed.  I'm sure something will go wrong when I leave tonight, too.  But so far Metronis batting 100% in terms of breaking down or being late for me this week.

So again, are you an idiot?[/quote]

1. I must admit, I have not taken metro in over a week - the weather for biking is just too delightful. Last time I took it was last Monday, and it was fine. When I do take, it I seldom encounter a problem. It is simply not the case that any given line is broken down every single day. In fact line breakdowns still make the papers, because they are not that common.
2. Yes I know about safetrack. It effects one line at a time.  The lines I use have not been impacted in a couple of months, and will not be impacted again for at least several more months. Even when impacted, they are still quite useable.
3. It appears you use metro regularly despite all its problems. Apparently your choice to live in the suburbs has not freed you from metrorail.   That agrees with what I said above - its actually suburbanites who are more reliant on metrorail (and folks who live in the most suburban, least "hip" parts of DC) [/quote]

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