New Yorkers, step inside for a min
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CashmereThoughts
Veteran
try using boric acid in the corners and behind the appliances. that stuff is no joke,
trains always on some fukk shyt. that's why whenever i have to go into the office i try to leave before 5. that rush hour shyt is for the birds.
Last week I worked3 days till about 6:30 or 7pm and it felt like the trains were more packed then as opposed to 5pm.
real talk but i will say that monthly metro is a fukking deal if you go out a lot. i save a ton of $
but it's crazy when you go to other countries and see the difference in public transport and come back here. this shyt is 3rd world level
but it's crazy when you go to other countries and see the difference in public transport and come back here. this shyt is 3rd world level
ORDER_66
I am The Wrench in all your plans....
Boric Acid....
You think home depot got some shyt like that. I was gonna get an exterminator that used liquid nitrogen or some shyt like that.
These yuppies won't stop man.
Canada Goose
Pooping on your head :umad:
Those cameras don't have a live feed and they don't use them to go after fare beaters.. cops will only look at them if a index crime happens on the bus...I never really had any issues riding the train. This is probably because I tend to hop rather than pay the $2.50, even hopped the station at City Hall several times.I use to hop the buses too until the installation of cameras.
To be honest, I don't think there's much we can do, outside of maybe demanding more accountability to Albany than we currently do. The state legislature and/or the governor stiff us on a regular basis on a lot of things, but I don't think many people are aware of just how much power Albany wields over what happens in NYC.
With regard to infrastructure and maintenance, having a subway that's open 24/7 hinders infrastructure repairs/upgrades. You either have to spread the work out over a long period of time, or cause massive disruptions and get it done faster. And people aren't going to be happy either way. Look at the reaction to the announcement that the tunnels the L uses will need to be closed and repaired at some point. You'd think it was the end of the world. Though maybe the demographics of the eastern end of the L line have something to do with the reaction
I think we're also still facing the effects of the MTA's policy of deferred maintenance from a few decades ago. Long story short, back in the 1960s and 70s, the policy towards maintenance was if it still "worked" (rails, signals, subway cars, etc.), they didn't bother doing any maintenance on it.
Why? Why the hell would you put off necessary maintenance?
And remember, by the 60s and 70s, much of the subway system is between 40 - 70 years old (hell, some people still regularly ride lines that have been around since the 1800s, since before Brooklyn became a part of NYC 
)
Why? To save money, of course
End result: Imagine you're a breh walking down Westchester Avenue in the late 70s/early 80s, minding your business
A 6 train passes by overhead and a piece of the damn elevated line fall to the street and damn near kills you
Track fires, signal issues, trains with busted doors/lighting, trains that had to be taken out of service all of the time, messed up rails, derailments
The list of things that were wrong with the subway at that point could be a thread in itself because it's damn near comical how much was fukked up. It's a miracle the trains ran at all.
I'd bet a lot of maintenance being done today is still playing catch up to maintenance that should've been done 40 years ago. And it has to be done, else we slip back into the 70s and 80s era of the subway.
With regard to infrastructure and maintenance, having a subway that's open 24/7 hinders infrastructure repairs/upgrades. You either have to spread the work out over a long period of time, or cause massive disruptions and get it done faster. And people aren't going to be happy either way. Look at the reaction to the announcement that the tunnels the L uses will need to be closed and repaired at some point. You'd think it was the end of the world. Though maybe the demographics of the eastern end of the L line have something to do with the reaction
I think we're also still facing the effects of the MTA's policy of deferred maintenance from a few decades ago. Long story short, back in the 1960s and 70s, the policy towards maintenance was if it still "worked" (rails, signals, subway cars, etc.), they didn't bother doing any maintenance on it.
Why? Why the hell would you put off necessary maintenance?
And remember, by the 60s and 70s, much of the subway system is between 40 - 70 years old (hell, some people still regularly ride lines that have been around since the 1800s, since before Brooklyn became a part of NYC )Why? To save money, of course
End result: Imagine you're a breh walking down Westchester Avenue in the late 70s/early 80s, minding your business
A 6 train passes by overhead and a piece of the damn elevated line fall to the street and damn near kills you
Track fires, signal issues, trains with busted doors/lighting, trains that had to be taken out of service all of the time, messed up rails, derailments
The list of things that were wrong with the subway at that point could be a thread in itself because it's damn near comical how much was fukked up. It's a miracle the trains ran at all.
I'd bet a lot of maintenance being done today is still playing catch up to maintenance that should've been done 40 years ago. And it has to be done, else we slip back into the 70s and 80s era of the subway.
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hoodheronova
All Star
dont disrespect Bill Cosby face like that. 13 a hour? That's not even true. Stop spreading lies famit's like that everywhere in Manhattan. Nobody got time to pay 13 a hour for parking Nikka. It's like downtown Brooklyn as well. If you got that bread, good luck to you.
Plus at night it's not even hard to find parking in most of manhattan.
CashmereThoughts
Veteran
P F HARRIS MFG CO 16OZ Boric Acid Powder - Walmart.comBoric Acid....
pretty sure HD has it but you can always order it. get the pure boric acid they have some mixture shyt, you dont want that. make a barrier with that and thet get burnt up alive trying to cross it. put it in the cabinets
along the walls it gets real quiet for them roaches breh
ORDER_66
I am The Wrench in all your plans....
cause Raid doesnt do shyt to them...I haven't had to take the train much the last couple of years since I go to Queens Coll., I either drive or take the bus (111, 113, 114 still a haven for fukkery). But Ima be going to grad school in the city next fall and I'm dreading taking the train everyday again 
If the LIRR ever did that shyt where they'd cut the prices for people traveling within the city limits, I'd probably hop on that in a heart beat since I'm a 10 minute walk from a station. It'd actually work better for me if they finish the East Side Access on time
The CBTC, my guess is that they're doing it first on lines that don't share tracks with other lines (L,7, G, the shuttles) for safety reasons
If the LIRR ever did that shyt where they'd cut the prices for people traveling within the city limits, I'd probably hop on that in a heart beat since I'm a 10 minute walk from a station. It'd actually work better for me if they finish the East Side Access on time
The CBTC, my guess is that they're doing it first on lines that don't share tracks with other lines (L,7, G, the shuttles) for safety reasons
Reginald Noble
Banned
LIRR shuts down every once in a while but if you live near one of the bigger connecting stations then it's worth it. Because it will have more train times.
When I took LIRR from Bayside it was real smooth ride. Expensive of course but mostly never any delays.
When I took LIRR from Bayside it was real smooth ride. Expensive of course but mostly never any delays.
Either you're a not a New Yorker, or clearly your new here and getting your feet wet.
Red stands for daily
Green stands for hourly
Stop telling me about my city. Born and raised here. GTFOH!