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Budget-Celebration-1 t1_ixfuxxe wrote

Reply to comment by ch1ck3npotpi3 in Should i bring my car to boston by BirthdayPlayful

Not sure what planet you live on. We did just have a huge shut down of multiple lines and people jumping off of bridges because or trains derailed or caught on fire. It seems we will be having similar shutdowns for years to come. I personally wouldn’t ever commute again on the T. If offered a position in downtown and it required me in the office I’d required a parking stipend.

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Conan776 t1_ixfzf3b wrote

Fine, stay out in the country and get a job repairing wheat threshers if that's how you want to live. We'll see who has the most limbs still attached in the long run. (It's probably a coin toss.)

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Budget-Celebration-1 t1_ixg6i7a wrote

Not sure about you but I’d take losing a limb to commuting on the T every day. I gave that up after our friendly mbta operators left us at community college after waiting in north station for hours. They knew what was up and that they’d have to dump all of us there. No buses nothing just too many people. Couldn’t even Uber. That was one of the more notable. I also remember the many times the train broke down in Porter and waiting for busses. It really hasn’t stopped just look at the posts on this Reddit every other day about how bad it is. It’ll take many years of frustration and tons of money to get it close to anything bearable for the commuter. You can have fun with the frustration but just don’t post it here.

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SpiritedCamel_ t1_ixhirm1 wrote

Oh boy do I love reminiscing about how great cars are relative to public transit. Soooo many good times.

I remember this one time where my car got rear ended by an SUV going 50 mph. Boy was that fun!

Oh, and there was this other time where my battery died in the middle of no where. Haha good times!

There was this other time where I got a flat tire and didn't have a spare. lol!

Oh I forgot, there was another time where my wife and I got t-boned. What a fun ride!

And there was another time where it took 4 hours to get home when it usually takes 30 minutes. Silly traffic!

There was another time where I almost went into the ditch because my car lights randomly turned off. Surprise!

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SpiritedCamel_ t1_ixhjjo9 wrote

And who can forget about all of the parking tickets! There's too many to count! Haha such great parking police!

Winter is the best. It's such a blast trying to find parking on the street after some snow. My favorite winter activity!

My favorite day of the week is street cleaning day. It's the best because I get these fun little notes left on my windshield for parking on the wrong side of the wrong between 8am-12pm. Clean streets woooo!

Ahhhh such fond memories.

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deadliftothersup t1_ixjj3gl wrote

I'm personally just a maintenance cost and insurance stan. It's the little things in life.

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