The full story is here.Grudging Praise for an Absent System
For three days, New Yorkers could not watch the closing doors, could not try to make sense of garbled announcements, could not wonder why the express always pulls out just as the local pulls in.
So the news that transit workers were going back to work left many New Yorkers thinking one of those only-in-New-York thoughts: a subway car is a beautiful thing. As they looked forward to swiping their MetroCards again and squeezing into sardine-tight seats in impossibly crowded cars, they voiced grudging affection for a subway system they wish they did not have to live with but cannot live without.
Grudging Praise for an Absent System
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Posted 23 December 2005 - 10:36 PM
From the New York Times, 12/23/05:
Nick Gibbon
New York, NY/Philadelphia, PA
New York, NY/Philadelphia, PA
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