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Comprehensive_Heat25 t1_jb1zpt8 wrote

Yah. All the I’m sure they have a specific task quotes still doesn’t help convey the image of “hard work” when they can’t do anything on time or on budget. How does it go… If you want it cheap and fast it won’t be good. If you want it cheap and good it won’t be fast. If you want it fast and good it wont be cheap.

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NihFin t1_jb1ytrx wrote

Let me indulge you - why bother describing the clothes he was wearing (also in the picture) when that’s something that can change? What is the author’s motivation with their description here? It doesn’t seem like their motivation is to be as helpful as they can be - seems like something else has hijacked their thought process.

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Rottimer t1_jb1xzmw wrote

Interesting idea. I'm sure that there evidence that lax gun regulations are associated with lower rates of forcible rape. Let's compare Texas to NY.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/232563/forcible-rape-rate-in-the-us-by-state/

Holy shit, Texas has nearly twice the per capita forcible rape incidents as liberal gun grabbing NY state. Maybe arming everyone isn't the answer.

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cleverpunnyname t1_jb1x9hm wrote

The issue would be the ties. Continuous rail is all over the world in all sorts of climates undergoing freeze thaw cycles without issue. But on the NE corridor Amtrak lines for example they had to relayre-lay rail bed and replace ties with concrete to install it. Idk if that was just overlapping upgrades or if one required the other

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stoopidjonny t1_jb1x5ci wrote

Not saying that nothing good came of it. It takes a long time and many weekends of no service. By the time they fix the tracks, they will probably need to replace the signals. Then they will need to replace the tracks. ad infinitum.

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iv2892 t1_jb1vf6h wrote

Wait? Which lines you have to wait 20 minutes during rush hour ? Even on Saturday afternoons and evenings (not weekday rush hour) usually the most I have to wait is 10 min. And the few times I’ve used them during weekdays is 3-4 minutes. Granted, before the pandemic rush hour was probably every 2 minutes .

The lines I usually tend to take when I’m in nyc are 1,2,3 and A,C. And occasionally the E.

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