ok, while we're on the topic of nyc, why is the subway soooo confusing? the train lines have letters and numbers and depending on which entrance you use, you only have access to that train. and how do you know which direction the train is going in? it's so bizarrenothing like the dc metro. the map is simple and easy to use. you pick a color train and hop on. and the train will tell you which direction you're going in.
i know i'm a tourist and all, but i thought i'd be able to at least figure out the metro system. i mean, how hard could it be? even the hong kong subway was easier to figure out than nyc. anyhoo...just thought i'd vent.
oh yeah...and very very crowded. packed like sardines crowded. not very fun. how do people do this everyday? it will majorly stress me out...(not like being stuck in rush hour traffic doesn't, but still...)
see exhibit A
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I guess New Yorkers are used to reading the subway map. It's actually quite simple. It's just there there are LOTS of differnt lines. We can't use colors because we'll run out of colors. So instead, we use letters & numbers.
Off the top of my head here are the different lines:
A,B,C,D,E,F,G,J,L,M,N,Q,R,S,V,W & Z
1,2,3,4,5,6,7 & 9.
I don't know why some letters were skipped and I don't know why there isn't a #8 train.
You should try to take the 4,5 or 6 trains (green in color) during rush hour! At each moment, you probably have more than 3 people touching you.
Yup, we do this every single day =)
PS - Yes, my Xanga post is serious. I just pulled the trigger and got a place for NYE. I need 70 people to break even. If not, I guess it'll be an expensive NYE for me!
yea... the trains are crazy..and the entrances are so hidden ..
we were like mario and luigi going in and out of it like warps in mario world.
btw..
thanks for the cleaning the snow
good grief...cadd almost named the whole alphabet...
yes, we were warping from world to world...we almost asked directions from the same subway guy twice!
new yorkers must think washingtonians are retarded...we only have like 4 or 5 train lines...and when we get 0.5 inches of snow, everyone panics and traffic gets crazy. nothing like the expert cabbies in nyc...
btw, no problem about the snow cleaning copy! :)
Imagine someone who doesn't speak English trying to get around? I remember my parents would get lost all the time when we first got to America. I guess you learn how to read a map really really quick after getting off a wrong stop and seeing crackheads on the platform.
What's funny about the train is that, you can be in a Manhattan station that leads you up to a street that sells $5,000 handbags and hotels that cost $600/night....you take a train from that station for about 30 minutes and walk out of another station and you say "holy sheet! wtf am I doing here and how do I get outta here?"
You guys actually shovel snow? That's pretty cool. I should try doing that =)
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