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["Jeanne Driese" <jeanne13 AT earthlink.net>]

Back in the olden days when I lived on the far south side of Chicago (in the 
50's) everyone took the train to work!  It was fast, cheaper than paying to 
park your car and one could read, work a puzzle, knit, etc.  Even when we 
went for fun we took the train.  My first 43 years were spent in a suburb of 
Chicago and I do not recall ever driving around the city of Chicago.   
We had to drive on the toll road and interstate to get to O'Hare airport 
which always was and still is a nightmare.
Jeanne
tnhillwoman
North East TN zone 6
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lynn Wigglesworth 
  To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org 
  Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 10:11 PM
  Subject: Re: [Homestead] Demotorization


  > I like the train.  It is pretty.  But it cost over a 'billion' dollars. 
  > And no-one expects to use it to get back and forth to work -- >its 
  > supposed primary purpose.

  Why not? I took a commuter train to work every day when I worked outside 
the 
  city. It was packed with commuters. It's a long tradition in the 
  east...people took the train to work in the 1870's. Maybe the idea just 
  hasn't spread to your area yet....when gas goes back up to $4/gallon, it 
  will be standing room only.

  Lynn Wigglesworth 

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