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Re:Denver Radically Expanded Its Transit, So Why Are More Pe... by evo_9 on Thursday November 16, 2017 @04:10PM (#15716657)
You seem to think Denver is Tokyo where the actual people driving the buses and trains have pride in their work. That's not the case in Denver; when I came back from Tokyo in 2002 I was disgusted watching two or three buses nearly bumper to bumper pull up to my stop. If they had pride in their work this wouldn't happen; instead people just run their routes because it's there job, they don't care at all. Not sure why this is, maybe just a US thing? I hate to say it's a blood type thing by my ex-wife swore it was because Japan is largely A-positive blood type.
Re:Denver Radically Expanded Its Transit, So Why Are More Pe... by freeone3000 on Thursday November 16, 2017 @04:16PM (#15716701)
The entire concept of a "blood type thing" has no basis in fact, and isn't commonly accepted in the West.
Re:Denver Radically Expanded Its Transit, So Why Are More Pe... by evo_9 on Thursday November 16, 2017 @04:27PM (#15716783)
Yeah it was surprising how often it came up. We'd just gotten married and every single relative I met asked my blood type within the first minute. And everyone was shocked that I had no idea what mine was, or that my my ex married me without knowing it. I just chalked it up to a sort of horoscope for Japan, or fan will kill you if left on while sleeping Korean myth type of thing.
Re:Denver Radically Expanded Its Transit, So Why Are More Pe... by bproven on Thursday November 16, 2017 @04:26PM (#15716777)
Its mainly b/c mass transit is considered an afterthought and is not a first class citizen in America. That is why we are stuck...