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- From: borden@head-cfa.harvard.edu (Dave Borden)
- Newsgroups: ne.general
- Subject: Re: Drinking and the MBTA was Re: Sunday Liquor Sales
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.135312.10652@m5.harvard.edu>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 13:53:12 GMT
- References: <BZS.92Dec22160404@world.std.com> <1992Dec23.165518.9421@m5.harvard.edu> <BZS.92Dec23194745@world.std.com>
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- Organization: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- In article <BZS.92Dec23194745@world.std.com> bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes:
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- >>I grew up in northern NJ, a short ride from Manhattan (Englewood, for those
- >>who know the area - you might have driven through on I-95, just past the
- >>George Washington Bridge). There is very convenient bus service from there
- >>to the Port Authority on 42nd St. Unfortunately, the fare is $2.85 each way,
- >>and the subway fare in New York is $1.25 per ride, with no passes or discount
- >>rates. This is compared to the $4 toll at the bridge. There is hence a
- >>savings of more than $4 in driving, if you happen to be going to an area in
- >>which you can park for free. The authorities there aren't doing a good job
- >>of encouraging car-owners to use the public transit system, and it's a shame.
- >
- >I grew up in NYC, lemmee give you the inside scoop: they don't want
- >to encourage people coming from Joisey at all :-)
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- That's why they tax us extra when we get jobs there and commute in!
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- - Dave Borden
- borden@m5.harvard.edu
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