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To: mike allison <mallison@konnections.com>
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Subject: Re: Price of FreeBSD (was On Holy Wars...) 
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Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 22:29:37 -0700
From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
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Well, 
In the West Coast, we our sad state of public transport to Ford 8)

	Cheers,
	Amancio

>From The Desk Of mike allison :
> Wes:
> 
> I have to differ....
> 
> The subway system in New York was initiated in the late 1800's and most
> the others were around long before the 2nd WW and WAY before IKE.  The
> reason we don't have inner city mass transit is that no one uses it in
> the west.  Their too wed to their cars.  The east coast is closer and
> less distance oriented, most things could be had in the neighborhood and
> the majority of the people were immigrants who had a much more social
> and socialist background and could appreciate the utility of mass
> transit.
> 
> Pre & Post WWII we had a booming interstate train system which fell
> apart thanks to the highway system... and the ready availability of
> cheap gasoline...
> 
> I also believe the term Info Superhiway was around before '92.... could
> be wrong...
> 
> -Mike 
> 
> Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC wrote:
> > 
> > > Agree. The mass transit system in NYC is the best in America which is'nt
> > > saying much.
> > 
> > Not really, both the Boston and D.C. systems are better IMHO.  You can,
> > however, count on your fingers the number of U.S. cities with working
> > public transportation systems that truly cover the urban area.  Even
> > Seattle and Portland (OR) have some gaping holes in their coverage.  I
> > think the list probably includes NYC, Boston, D.C., Chicago, and San
> > Francisco.  Maybe Atlanta.
> > 
> > In case anyone wants to know, this was pretty much a conscious decision
> > made by the Eisenhower administrations; they wanted to build the
> > Interstate highway system and financed it at the cost of pulic
> > transportation.  The "intellectual" leader of this transportation
> > revolution was none other than Al Gore Sr.  This is where the campaign
> > phrase "information superhighway" came from.
> > 
> > --
> >           "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
> > 
> > Wes Peters                                                       Softweyr L
LC
> > http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr                       softweyr@xmission.c
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