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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]They [/b]were trying to make it nicer than the typical subway cars in other cities, since it was the [b]Nation's Capital,[/b] and also because so many commuters would be commuting longer distances in from the suburbs instead of the typical "milk delivery" types of rides you may have in cities like NYC or London.

However, over the years, that supposedly "nice" carpet turned nasty.  [/quote]

Yes the keyword here is NATION"S CAPITAL.

If [b]they [/b]wanted to do something nice then [b]they [/b]should collect the money from all states to support metro system in DC.
It is so unfair that the operations costs are shared by DC VA and MD while it has to serve the whole political body for the whole country and the billions of tourists coming from the whole world. At the very minimum the states should contribute something symbolic and the museums should charge a dollar per adult and that money should go strictly into metro upkeep.
The locals suffer the underfunded and overcrowded metro system because they have to support the whole world with this system. [/quote]

Wait, whaaaat? Extending this logic, you'd be charging the UK for the NY subway because so many British tourists use it; you'd be charging Nevada for its citizens' use of BART in SF..just no. This is a dumb and untenable idea.[/quote]

So on the flip following your logic all the buildings in DC that house gov agencies should be paid by taxes collected from good citizens of DC VA and MD because they just happen to live nearby and so they should subsidize the operations of government. By the same token it is on the shoulders of the taxpayers of those three areas to support metro because they just happen to be here. Regardless that metro serves to support the government operations and tourists for the most part.  So in this case why the government wont' designate some founds to support the metro that support the government operations? [/quote]

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