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Date:      Tue, 22 Apr 1997 23:05:37 -0700
From:      mike allison <mallison@konnections.com>
To:        Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org>
Cc:        Ian Struble <ian@ian.broken.net>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, jack@diamond.xtalwind.net, jkh@time.cdrom.com, scrappy@hub.org, dyson@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Price of FreeBSD (was On Holy Wars...)
Message-ID:  <335DA6B1.501580F2@konnections.com>
References:  <Pine.NEB.3.96.970421005543.17408A-100000@narcissus.ml.org>

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I meant more the west where cars are the rule.  Anyplace with a history
of good mass transit is okay.  Most of the NE is good with that....  of
course, their the ones with the social background.  We out west are the
decendents of those who couldn't fit in...

-Mike 

Snob Art Genre wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 21 Apr 1997, mike allison wrote:
> 
> > I don't know Ian, I know it worked great everywhere I've lived in
> > England (mostly in the North)  Beats the hell out of driving and paying
> > for your own car.  Vancouver had a good system, as does Seattle.
> >
> > In America people refer to it as "The Shame Train".  You take the bus
> > 'cause you can't afford a car.  No one would understand that the
> > train/bus can be easier and more relaxing....They also don't understand
> > that normal people ride the bus....
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> 
> Not always -- growing up in New York, I never learned to drive, because
> the bus and subway systems were so good.
> 
>  Ben
> 
> "You have your mind on computers, it seems."



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