yasth t1_jbpe6hw wrote
Reply to comment by jagenigma in Cost of 2nd Avenue Subway extension to East Harlem balloons to $7.7B by Grass8989
It is (more or less) true though, the first Bond issue was in 1951, with a start of 1952. Biden was born in 1942. I mean you can find a promise from the 20s onward, but since he was 10 is at least not crazy wrong.
Truthfully it is a good reminder that the good old days weren't perfect. NYC took a funded project frittered away most of it on other random projects and tore down the elevated line (under real estate lobby pressure) before even seriously attempting to replace it, and didn't manage to build anything for 60 years, and that only a shadow of the plan.
jagenigma t1_jbpj15e wrote
Again, it's a reach, you could say that about anybody born in that time period. And according to Wikipedia and my knowledge of this line its been in conception since 1920.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Avenue_Subway
So its just a feeble attempt at taking a stab at someone for just being old.
snazztasticmatt t1_jbr0suz wrote
Bruh it's just a joke about Biden being old, it's not any kind of criticism. Chill
yasth t1_jbpju9k wrote
Oh possibly. Though 1951/1952 was the first time it went to actual we have a plan and money; we’ll have it done by 1957 (snort). So it is plausible.
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