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Throwawayhelp111521 t1_je9w7j5 wrote
Reply to comment by spelunkingspaniard in In Washington heights they tour up the roads to do work and revealed the old cobblestone beneath (184 & Pinehurst) by soylentgreenis
Why do some people insist on their right to be wrong? Most of us probably grew up thinking that cobblestones and Belgian Blocks (stetts) were the same until the difference was explained to us. Now we use the correct terms. Cobblestones are much more uncomfortable to walk on.
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Reply to comment by thecrgm in In Washington heights they tour up the roads to do work and revealed the old cobblestone beneath (184 & Pinehurst) by soylentgreenis
Incorrectly.
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Reply to comment by Yourgrandsonishere in In Washington heights they tour up the roads to do work and revealed the old cobblestone beneath (184 & Pinehurst) by soylentgreenis
They're incorrectly called cobblestones. OP is wrong.
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Reply to comment by VideoGamerConsortium in In Washington heights they tour up the roads to do work and revealed the old cobblestone beneath (184 & Pinehurst) by soylentgreenis
They're not.
"Setts are often referred to as "cobblestones", although a sett is distinct from a cobblestone in that it is quarried or worked to a regular shape, whereas the latter is generally a small, naturally-rounded rock. Setts are usually made of granite."
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Reply to comment by Orion1021 in George Santos admits to fraud, using stolen checks by Black_Reactor
>I’m still angry Franken resigned.
I am too.
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Reply to comment by Mistes in Historic Flatiron Building sells for $190 million at auction by Orener
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>For some reason this is less than I expected for the building
Me too.
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Reply to comment by fieryscribe in Top aide to NYC Councilman Christopher Marte accused of berating reporter with sexist slurs by drpvn
>It's unacceptable
Yes.
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Reply to comment by TheNormalAlternative in Late for the train. by brooklynlad
It's a stupid video.
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Reply to comment by sonofaresiii in Late for the train. by brooklynlad
You do understand that the N, Q, and R have some stops in common but then diverge? You'd better know which one you need.
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Reply to comment by cocktails5 in Late for the train. by brooklynlad
The only way to get lost on the Red Line or the Orange Line in Boston is to take it in the wrong direction. They are single lines. There are multiple ways to get lost in NYC if you have no more info about the subway line than the color.
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Reply to comment by RyzinEnagy in Late for the train. by brooklynlad
People who are New Yorkers and live in Manhattan use the numbers and letters. I live well above Midtown. If someone had to go to South Ferry, I'd never say, "Hop on the red line.: I'd tell them to take the No. 1 Local to the first express stop, and then to take the 2 or 3 Express to Chambers Street and then to switch back to the No. 1. If you took the No. 1 all the way down the trip would take an hour. If you took only the 2 or the 3 you'd have an unnecessary walk to South Ferry, assuming you knew which stop to get off at before you landed in Brooklyn.
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Reply to comment by TREYMANIII in Late for the train. by brooklynlad
The colors are not without meaning: for example, silver gray represents a shuttle line. The NYC subway has more than one shuttle. I'm not sure they're being used right now, but the shape of a symbol also matters. The default shield shape is a circle but a diagonal indicates a different route. They all convey info but as you said, they're imprecise.
In Boston, colors are used. If you say the Red Line or the Orange Line, first, that's what they're officially called, but there's also no chance of confusion, they're one line with a couple of short spurs.
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Reply to comment by [deleted] in Late for the train. by brooklynlad
I grew up in an Outerborough, although my parents were raised in Manhattan and I visited often. We always used the numbers or sometimes the old name of the train company, like the IRT. In the musical Hair, one song goes:
LBJ took the IRT/And found the youth of America/ on LSD.
LBJ didn't take the Red Line because that doesn't exist in New York City.
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Reply to comment by xeothought in Late for the train. by brooklynlad
Thank you.
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Reply to comment by [deleted] in Late for the train. by brooklynlad
Why would you insist on your right to use incorrect terminology in a place you don't know? I don't. That's the weird hill.
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Reply to comment by sutisuc in Late for the train. by brooklynlad
I'm a native New Yorker.
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Reply to comment by seafoodgodddd in Late for the train. by brooklynlad
Yes, but we don't refer to the lines by their colors. That's done in Boston and maybe another city.
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Reply to comment by sutisuc in Late for the train. by brooklynlad
That's not the issue. You use the terms used by the place you're living or visiting. Would you call the Underground in London the Métro?
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Reply to comment by [deleted] in Late for the train. by brooklynlad
If you think they do, you're either not observant or you don't hang out with New Yorkers.
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Reply to comment by seafoodgodddd in Late for the train. by brooklynlad
That's for maps. We don't call our lines by the colors.
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Reply to comment by sutisuc in Late for the train. by brooklynlad
NYC is not Boston. We don't use colors. We use numbers and letters for our subway lines.
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Reply to comment by dancetothiscomment in Late for the train. by brooklynlad
They'll know you're not from NYC and haven't bothered to learn what we call the lines on the subway system.
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Reply to comment by dancetothiscomment in Late for the train. by brooklynlad
>union square uptown green line train
The 4, 5, and 6. We don't have a "green line."
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Reply to comment by thecrgm in In Washington heights they tour up the roads to do work and revealed the old cobblestone beneath (184 & Pinehurst) by soylentgreenis
You didn't understand what it meant. The clause beginning with "although" explains that the reference is wrong.