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Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S... by rayiner on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @05:24PM (#39697724)
You can do those things if you get a seat, which you generally cannot during commuting hours in any city where public transit is good enough to be popular.

I commuted for awhile between Baltimore and DC on Amtrak and apart from being hellaciously unreliable it was great for working. But my commute from the upper west side to east midtown when I lived in NYC was completely different—being crammed into the 1/2/3 and then fighting through the masses to take the S across town.

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Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S... by sofixa on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @07:34PM (#39698865)
> You can do those things if you get a seat, which you generally cannot during commuting hours in any city where public transit is good enough to be popular.

I see lots of people watching movies/series or reading books (physical or ebooks) while standing up in various Paris transit during rush hour.

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Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S... by xyzzyz on Thursday March 14, 2024 @06:17PM (#39709601)
You can listen to audiobooks while you drive too.
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Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S... by shiroiushi on Friday March 15, 2024 @02:55AM (#39712733)
Same here in Tokyo. No eating though: you're not supposed to eat or drink on trains, for good reason. (Though sometimes people do sometimes)
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Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S... by NewJazz on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @05:46PM (#39697943)
You can listen to music or a podcast while standing.

I just plugged in upper west side and midtown Manhattan into google maps... It said 18 minutes via transit. Maybe your commute had more complications, last mile and so on.

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Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S... by GauntletWizard on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @06:05PM (#39698160)
You can listen to music or a podcast while driving. You can even hear it over the din of your car engine, which is much less loud than being shoved into a box with a hundred other people.
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