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tacknosaddle t1_j651ifs wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in I took a 2 1/2 hour flight from Chicago to Boston. It took me 2 1/2 hours to get from Logan to Watertown Square by jenkneefur28

You realize that the blue line was built long before air travel was commonplace, right?

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[deleted] t1_j653c48 wrote

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tacknosaddle t1_j6550gr wrote

Yes, and if you read what I wrote I never claimed that it was. I said it was before air travel was commonplace.

The airport station opened in 1952 which was when someone taking a flight somewhere was considered a pretty big deal. To the point that the passengers would buy a new outfit and the whole family was likely to come and see them off.

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tacknosaddle t1_j658yjd wrote

It was less that they didn't know and more that there wasn't the demand or ability to do it. The tunnel under the harbor and line that existed since the early 20th century into Eastie wasn't really near enough to the airport to extend in that direction. It made more sense to extend it to Revere as they did because the amount of people there who needed to get downtown was a much larger driver than people who needed to get to the airport.

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