How Cuts in Basic Subway Upkeep Can Make NYC Commutes Miserable

Re:How Cuts in Basic Subway Upkeep Can Make NYC Commutes Mis... by Larrikin on Thursday December 21, 2017 @12:16PM (#15980666)

So you admit that you want to go out drinking and this is the only reason you want the trains to run all night? Bars, izakayas, and clubs in Tokyo also stay open extremely late like in NYC and yet the city doesn't grind to a halt when the subway system closes.

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Re:How Cuts in Basic Subway Upkeep Can Make NYC Commutes Mis... by chimeracoder on Thursday December 21, 2017 @12:22PM (#15980721)

> So you admit that you want to go out drinking and this is the only reason you want the trains to run all night?

I guess that's a way you could interpret my comment, if you read only the first paragraph and ignore the sentence that literally comes next.

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Re:How Cuts in Basic Subway Upkeep Can Make NYC Commutes Mis... by objectivetruth on Thursday December 21, 2017 @07:22PM (#15984187)

So what if they do want to go out drinking? What's your beef about this? Are bars and restaurants only OK to go to before a certain time?

This citizen lives in a city where LOTS of stuff is open late and he/she would like to participate in this city. Not just bars. But even the bars have workers who still need to get there. And I'd guess the nightlife sector of NYC's economy is MUCH larger than any other city in the US.

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