The woman who'd rather take the bus
By adamg - 12/18/09 - 1:40 pm
Georgy gives five reasons why, when given the chance between taking a bus or, say, the Red Line from A to B, she'll go with the bus every time:
... Sure, you can observe characters and assess people's reading material and peer at your neighbo's iPod and speculate wildly about the backstories of the people around you on any mode of transit. But the bus trumps the subway in my book mainly because you can see what's happening beyond the vessel. No matter how familiar the route, I can still lose myself in gazing at storefronts and intersections and landmarks. Dark tunnels have nothing on the outside world. ...
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This is a good point,
This is a good point, although, you'll never see anything like the old Harvard-Brattle stop above ground, or the abandoned Tremont St tunnel. The outside world is a definite distraction, but the tunnels are more intriguing and mysterious.
A lot of people who come into
A lot of people who come into my work would rather be on the buses than on the subway for similar reasons...but they also express a fear of getting stuck underground.