The 10,000 Post Thread v2

[Hamish 1,369]

631.

And this is the first post on the next page.

Climbing ever closer to the first milestone of 1,000.

[Duke87 1,070]

(632)

So, um... yeah.

My monthly train pass costs $258.72. What are you paying for transit trips?

[astronelson 339]

633.

There's a free shuttle bus from my residential hall to the university, so... $0.

In high school, the weekly train ticket cost somewhere around $20, so about $80 a month then. And that was for a 62km trip with optional bus from the station to school, on the days it wasn't too delayed.

[Vahr 341]

634

School buses here, so $0

[un1 41]

635 - I''m being homeschooled for a semester so $0. (but when I do go to school, I walk so $0)

[Muck308 55]

636

Um... gas is ~$3.00/gallon. That's how I get from A to B. I do walk when I can, but since I moved out of the old neighborhood, not much is close enough to walk to.

[Slashback 136]

637

Riding your bike is free, so nothing spend on transport here

[Chptrk 86]

638.

I mostly have my dad pay for my gas, so basically $0 for me too.

[Vahr 341]

639

Well, technically, riding the bus uses tax money, so... I have no idea how much.

[Muck308 55]

640

The bus system in Allegheny County is rubbish. If you want to got from one location outside of the downtown Pittsburgh area to another, you have to go downtown first and then get another route out. It's a time waster. Our light rail system is also very limited.

[Duke87 1,070]

(641)

Pittsburgh's light rail for whatever reason only goes south out of the city. Nothing east, west, or north.

There is a short extension to the north side under construction, though...

[Vahr 341]

642

Well, I wasn't referring to city buses... was referring to my school district's buses Though Cleveland-Akron has a decent bus system. And Cleveland has a few light rail lines along the lake, Tower City, and the airport. Aside from that, its all cars. And its not even hard to find parking in Cleveland

[astronelson 339]

643.

There's a light rail plan for the Gold Coast. Construction has started, and it will eventually be extended to my local train station to create a transit hub.

[Chptrk 86]

644.

Chicago has loads of light rail...and heavy rail...and two airports...and lots of buses...tons of cab too...bike lanes are popping up all over the place...subways are there too, can't forget though...you could drive, but it's fairly crowded...and so, I walk, after taking a train downtown, that is.

[Duke87 1,070]

(645)

Chicago... never been there. I'd like to check it out sometime.

[astronelson 339]

646.

I'd like to visit the actual city, rather than the brief stay I had outside it between flights.

[Larks2242 251]

647.

Chicago does look intresting.

[Duke87 1,070]

(648)

Hmm... not much activity last night.

[astronelson 339]

649.

It is a bit slow.

[kj3400 178]

650

A bit, yeah.

I get a monthly transit pass, which is $39/month for students. It's cheap (cheaper than Duke's anyway), and it allows me to get on Baltimore's buses, metro and light rail, so it pays for itself quickly. Now if Baltimore would just get on with making more light rail and metro lines for me to ride, cause it's really hard to get to some places in Baltimore, without waiting forever for a bus that, for some reason, services the entire area.

[un1 41]

Originally posted by: Chptrk

644.

Chicago has loads of light rail...and heavy rail...and two airports...

quote>

Chicago has more than two airports!

theres the two obvious ones: O'hare and Midway

then there is... Chicago Rockford, Chicago Gary, Chicago DuPage and Chicago Waukegan.

651

[Vahr 341]

652

All I know is that I've been to O'Hare and Chicago's Chinatown when I was 10 or so.

[Larks2242 251]

653.

I'm assuming O'Hare is a airport?

[Muck308 55]

654

Yeah. It's an airport.

I spent an hour or so at O'Hare once.

[Chptrk 86]

655.

O'Hare is...the 2nd busiest airport in the world, last I checked. Not sure about it now though, might have changed.

@Un, wait...we have more then two? Are you sure about that? Cuz I only know of the two that are within the city limits...Unless that was a joke I missed.

Chicago is fairly interesting, I think. My favourite place I've ever been, although I haven't been all over the world...yet.

Oh, and Larks, I was reading the Youtube comments (I don't know why, don't ask!!) of the Rolling Stones song, Sympathy for the Devil, and this one guy was claiming that the Stones either covered the song (badly) or made it for Call of Duty Black Ops...even though the song is...40 years old now? So yea, it reminded me of you.

[Vahr 341]

656

I've been to...

Albany, NY

Pittsburgh, PA

Washington, DC (and surrounding area)

Hampton Roads, VA (3-4 cities in that area)

Syracuse, NY

Columbus, OH

Cleveland, OH

Akron, OH

Chicago, IL

San Francisco, CA

Some cities nearish Yellowstone and Glacier Nat'l Park

Beijing, China

JiNan, China

ShangHai, China

Tokyo, Japan

Toronto, Canada

Orlando, FL

That's all I can remember off the top of my head.

[Craig-Abcvs 1,595]

657

My monthly train pass costs $145, but that is subsidised by my work... normally it would cost $170. A ten trip ticket for 5 stages is $45. My total journey is around 30 km one way.

[un1 41]

Originally posted by: Chptrk

655.

O'Hare is...the 2nd busiest airport in the world, last I checked. Not sure about it now though, might have changed.

@Un, wait...we have more then two? Are you sure about that? Cuz I only know of the two that are within the city limits...Unless that was a joke I missed.

quote>

658

No joke. All the airports I named have the name "Chicago" in them, but are out of Chicago's city limits. Chicago Rockford is the only one that I listed that has commercial service too, all the rest are private/reliever airports.

And places I've stayed at for 2 or more nights (I dont want to include the cities we have stayed overnight during roadtrips):

Thunder Bay, ON

Parry Sound, ON

Barrie, ON

Collingwood, ON

Kenora, ON

Nashville, TN

Mobile, AL

Savannah, GA

Orlando, FL

Key West, FL

Tampa, FL

Brownsville, TX

Corpus Christi, TX

Duluth, MN

Orlando, FL

Minneapolis, MN

Places I'm going to this summer (summer 2011):

Ottawa, ON

Montreal, QB

Moncton, NB

Charlottetown, PEI

Boston, MA (< I've probably messed up someof these state codes )

[Duke87 1,070]

(659)

Originally posted by: abcvs

My monthly train pass costs $145, but that is subsidised by my work... normally it would cost $170.quote>

Well, I am at least allowed to pay for $230 of mine with pre-tax dollars. Though, next month that's going down to $120....

[astronelson 339]

660.

I'm not listing where I've been, that would take too long and I'd forget a few.