I've lived in Chicago and now DC. Both locations have very popular subway systems. They can be convenient but they're gross and the novelty did wear thin. I'm sorry, I don't think it makes you modest, or whatever, to sit next to dirty people, sickly people, disturbed people.

And I think uber and uber black has definitely put a ding in subway use amongst wealthier people under age 40.

Anonymous wrote:I'm proud to say I have not ridden the Metro in years.

Amen to that. Metro isn't a badge of honor. I live by a metro stop and still drive to work and take Ubers to socialize. Fuck living on other people's schedules and riding like a sardine. People forget that cars are amazing, the people who are proclaiming metro's virtues must never have driven a 911 or sat in a S550.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do folks think the well-off don't take the metro! I get the feeling we've some transplants from Charlotte or Atlanta or Dallas here, places where there are class/race connotations to using public transport. Go to Shanghai or Singapore or Tokyo and then try to dis public transport!

+1.

I live in Georgetown and take Metrobus to work every morning, as do my neighbors. We are all white collar professionals. Even suburbanites in the DC area are aghast at the prospect of riding *gasp* the BUS! They simply don't get it. My bus winds through Georgetown, to Dupont, then down 20th St to K Street. It works perfectly for me.

Anonymous wrote:Why do folks think the well-off don't take the metro! I get the feeling we've some transplants from Charlotte or Atlanta or Dallas here, places where there are class/race connotations to using public transport. Go to Shanghai or Singapore or Tokyo and then try to dis public transport!

+1.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do folks think the well-off don't take the metro! I get the feeling we've some transplants from Charlotte or Atlanta or Dallas here, places where there are class/race connotations to using public transport. Go to Shanghai or Singapore or Tokyo and then try to dis public transport!

Or LA.

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Yep or most major cities. Most established cities with active metro systems (the Atlanta metro is a joke) see usage from all class types precisely because long-term residents know its the fastest way to get around the city. Especially in DC where getting stuck behind a presidential motorcade is a right of passage.

Anonymous wrote:Why do folks think the well-off don't take the metro! I get the feeling we've some transplants from Charlotte or Atlanta or Dallas here, places where there are class/race connotations to using public transport. Go to Shanghai or Singapore or Tokyo and then try to dis public transport!

Or LA.

Why do folks think the well-off don't take the metro! I get the feeling we've some transplants from Charlotte or Atlanta or Dallas here, places where there are class/race connotations to using public transport. Go to Shanghai or Singapore or Tokyo and then try to dis public transport!

Yes, we bought our house so I could walk to metro. I can get work done on the train rides to and from work.

I live in a $2M house about a 15 min walk to the metro.
I take it every day to work. Driving does not save me any time and some times takes longer coming home.
Why wouldn't I take the metro? My husband works in Tyson's and has to drive. He hates it and wishes he could take the metro.
By the way, there are lots of people in suits on the metro.

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Anonymous wrote:After a couple years out of college everyone I know hated the Metro and bought a car. The novelty quickly wore thin. Is this just a real estate perk or are these millionaires actually using the Metro? If yes, for what and how frequently? I very rarely saw anyone wearing nice shoes/suits on the Metro.

Only people I see that wear nice shoes/suits anymore work at the hotels and jewelry stores!

Obama wears $4,000-plus custom made suits from Brooklyn.

Yes, and the armies of VCs I know, closer to the typical $1-$4M house buyer, seem to never wear them.

Yeah, they drive Teslas and G-Wagons and Range Rovers to work. Maybe a bike on mild days.

But they often live near the metro!

Anonymous wrote:After a couple years out of college everyone I know hated the Metro and bought a car. The novelty quickly wore thin. Is this just a real estate perk or are these millionaires actually using the Metro? If yes, for what and how frequently? I very rarely saw anyone wearing nice shoes/suits on the Metro.

I live near metro. My house has appreciated into the range you describe. I use the metro 2-5 times a day.

I'm proud to say I have not ridden the Metro in years.

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Anonymous wrote:After a couple years out of college everyone I know hated the Metro and bought a car. The novelty quickly wore thin. Is this just a real estate perk or are these millionaires actually using the Metro? If yes, for what and how frequently? I very rarely saw anyone wearing nice shoes/suits on the Metro.

Only people I see that wear nice shoes/suits anymore work at the hotels and jewelry stores!

Obama wears $4,000-plus custom made suits from Brooklyn.

Yes, and the armies of VCs I know, closer to the typical $1-$4M house buyer, seem to never wear them.

Yeah, they drive Teslas and G-Wagons and Range Rovers to work. Maybe a bike on mild days.

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Anonymous wrote:After a couple years out of college everyone I know hated the Metro and bought a car. The novelty quickly wore thin. Is this just a real estate perk or are these millionaires actually using the Metro? If yes, for what and how frequently? I very rarely saw anyone wearing nice shoes/suits on the Metro.

Only people I see that wear nice shoes/suits anymore work at the hotels and jewelry stores!

Obama wears $4,000-plus custom made suits from Brooklyn.

Yes, and the armies of VCs I know, closer to the typical $1-$4M house buyer, seem to never wear them.

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Anonymous wrote:After a couple years out of college everyone I know hated the Metro and bought a car. The novelty quickly wore thin. Is this just a real estate perk or are these millionaires actually using the Metro? If yes, for what and how frequently? I very rarely saw anyone wearing nice shoes/suits on the Metro.

Only people I see that wear nice shoes/suits anymore work at the hotels and jewelry stores!

Obama wears $4,000-plus custom made suits from Brooklyn.