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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jan 2, 2009, at 7:31 PM, Marie McHarry wrote:

> I used the Chicago mass transit system for a decade in the 1970s. It
> was fine. My niece who has lived in and commuted to and from southside
> and near northwest side neighborhoods in the last five years says
> buses and trains are still fine. Americans seem to be afraid to be in
> public places, but when enough people get out and about public places
> get safer.

One of the more delightful aspects of living in San Francisco in the  
late fifties was riding the buses and cable cars. About the only part  
of buses I didn't like was that our walk-up flat at 720 Haight Street  
was only a couple buildings up from the corner bus stop. Like sirens,  
bus brake sounds take getting used to. I never did.