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Originally Posted by the urban politician
Let's not kid ourselves about New York's 24 hour train service.
Many a time when I lived there I waited for the train on Saturday at 2 am for nearly an hour before giving up and catching a cab
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Ditto for chicago's "24 hour" el service.
in my younger (and poorer) days, there was more than one occasion where i waited an excruciatingly long time for a blue or red line train in the wee morning hours.
these days, i'm not often out and about at those hours to begin with (kids), and if i am, the decision between an uber that will pick me up within a minute and drop me off at my front door vs. a walk to the nearest train station and a god-only-knows-how-long wait for a train to arrive (could be 5 minutes or 25 minutes or seemingly never) is a
VERY easy one to make.