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Re:Groups funded by the Koch brothers are campaigning agains... by sitepodmatt on Monday December 18, 2017 @06:52AM (#15951027)
That doesn't sound too bad, but I don't think that's representational of most routes and hence most travelers, in that if you stand outside Euston, Glasgow or Edinburgh before 8.30am and ask people what they paid to get to work and if they considered it value for money you would likely get a lot of expletives
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Re:Groups funded by the Koch brothers are campaigning agains... by isostatic on Monday December 18, 2017 @01:32PM (#15953968)
However they don't take commuter bus services, or drive, or ride a bike, or move closer to the office, or change job location, or change job times.

The media has driven this culture of people believing in 'rip off Britain'. If people were commuting 100 miles a day for the cost of a cup of coffee they'd still say it was a rip off (although oddly it would be the commute, not the £4 latte)

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Re:Groups funded by the Koch brothers are campaigning agains... by arethuza on Monday December 18, 2017 @07:06AM (#15951076)
I suspect I would be much less happy with the service if it wasn't for the fact that I am far enough out from Edinburgh so that the train is relatively empty so I can pretty much always get a seat (and a window seat on the side with the best views).

Two stops in from where I get on the train fills up dramatically and there are often people standing.

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