Found on Social Media...

[shadowkat]

1. US Cities with the Best Public Transportation

While I'm not surprised NYC rules at number 1. (I work for it after all.)
I am surprised that Chicago is at the bottom, and LA of all places is ranked 3, and San Francisco 2??? Also Kansas City is above Chicago? Really?





2. Is anyone else, besides me, tired of social media constantly outing any and all infractions no matter how long ago on famous folks - with the hopes of cancelling them?

Makes me miss the 20th Century, where we just had to worry about the stupid tabloids, and everyone ignored them.

I'm beginning to think I should do the same thing with stranger's posts on social media platforms?

Yes, it was fun for a while folks, but now I'm tired of it. Stop. I do not want to know.



Gad. Folks on social media platforms are horrid self-righteous gossips.

[In case you missed it? People were trying to cancel several famous writers this week (who will remain nameless - since I don't want you all hunting for the information too and cancelling them). I don't read them any longer, but I still found it to be annoying. Leave the poor writers alone you silly social media people with fake names. They haven't harmed you. Nor, as far as I can see, are they currently hurting anyone else. And this gossip only serves to hurt them and those close to them - so, vengeance? Not a good look. Stop it. Go out and touch grass.]

As my Criminal Procedural Professor and Kansas Defender Project Prof - informed me ages ago...

"There But for the Grace of God go I..."

Just because someone happens to be famous or has created things you adore, doesn't mean you are entitled to rip them apart for things they did to folks you don't know years ago - on social media platforms. Good news? Fewer people are on the platforms now - there's so many. And no one cares (information overload). If they did? Trump would have been cancelled. That's the irony? The only person who should have been cancelled. Trump. Hasn't. So until he gets cancelled, I don't want to hear it.



3. What Lies Beneath NY - apparently nomadic mail or mail tubes live there, among other things. Gotta love NY.

Comments

[iddewes]

I heard San Francisco was quite good for transport but I am very surprised that Chicago is worse than LA! I guess LA does have that metro train system now although I was told it only went around Hollywood (we rented a car there so I don’t have personal experience). And my friend Philip seems to have got around Chicago ok when he was there just recently.

[svgurl]

I wouldn't have guessed SF at 2 either, but even though the Bay Area as a whole isn't great for public transportation, a lot of people do take the bus/metro and of course cable cars once they're actually in the city. Before Uber/Lyft got popular, I was fine using it when I did go and my sister used to take public transportation to/in the city when she worked there.

[wendelah1]

We do have public transportation. I took a bus to work for several years, one bus, no transfers, several blocks to walk to catch it and to get to the hospital once I got off at my stop. I was young, the walk was not a problem. And now we have a subway system. Kyle and I used to take when we went to the opera. But since COVID, our line has become very dangerous. People keep getting murdered and there is no police force. I will never ride it again. But that's okay since I rarely go out now.

[yourlibrarian]

I fail to understand how Chicago can be worse than the California cities when it comes to public transport. That said, I haven't taken Chicago public transit in a very long time so I can't say what its condition currently is.

I also had no idea Las Vegas even had any.

[jesuswasbatman]

That survey is very badly planned:

Number of "stations" disability-accessible - any city which has only low-floor buses on the street will automatically get 100%. By contrast cities with old subway/elevated systems which are difficult to make wheelchair-accessible retrospectively will get marked down.

"Safety events" per million miles - systems which have a lot of passengers will have more issues with accidents and crime.

"Efficiency" - cities which have minimal public transport provided as a social service for the very poor will have low fares and low costs.