Where I Was From

Train in Vain (Stand by Me)

So, you've decided to catch a bus that's scheduled to get you to your job interview a half-hour early. Somehow, you don't get there until a half-hour after the interview time. You do not get the job.

Dance class once a week is the only thing keeping you sane. But they've decided to shut down the blue line all weekend for construction. You can't ride your bike across town in this heat and still have the energy to dance. You have to stay home.

Your morning bus is so crowded that you get walloped by the front door each time it closes, but there's no point in getting off and waiting in the snowstorm for the next bus, because it will be ten minutes late and just as crowded.

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Anybody else sick of this? Ready to give up and buy a car, so you can enjoy the second most congested city roads in the country while losing hundreds of dollars in gas money and destroying the planet, all at the same time?

You might want to check out what pathetic plans are a-brewing in Springfield and consider contacting your elected officials about it. You can do it right here by filling out a completely effortless online form.

Cos for the love of gawd, we deserve better than to spend two hours a day on the freeway like they do in Los Angeles. I've already escaped that miserable existence once. I don't plan on dealing with it a second time.

posted by Leah @ 3:15 PM