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Pi:
There are train connections from Philadelphia, Newark, or New York City (JFK), so I think it's possible.
RachelLeVega:
--- Quote from: Pi/ on April 27, 2020, 03:27:14 PM ---There are train connections from Philadelphia, Newark, or New York City (JFK), so I think it's possible.
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That's true. There's an Atlantic City Amtrak line, but I'm not totally sure how frequent those run.
BritishTARFan:
--- Quote from: RachelLeVega on April 27, 2020, 03:11:47 PM --- Houston, I'm astounded the fifth largest city in the U.S. has not been visited despite its taxi shortage.
:idgit
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What do you mean by taxi shortage, does Houston have a problem where there are too few taxis? That would be mental considering theirs virtually no good public transport, but surely this wouldn't inhibit the race as they could have a self drive or just order in 3 taxis.
I have always wondered why Dallas is visited over Houston, also why no Austin or San Antonio. Come to think there are so many US cities that need visits for a first time or again, Philadelphia, Seattle, Miami, Orlando, Boston, Denver, also San Diego with all the visits to LA you'd think they'd go to San Diego.
RachelLeVega:
--- Quote from: BritishTARFan on April 27, 2020, 04:34:15 PM ---
--- Quote from: RachelLeVega on April 27, 2020, 03:11:47 PM --- Houston, I'm astounded the fifth largest city in the U.S. has not been visited despite its taxi shortage.
:idgit
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What do you mean by taxi shortage, does Houston have a problem where there are too few taxis? That would be mental considering theirs virtually no good public transport, but surely this wouldn't inhibit the race as they could have a self drive or just order in 3 taxis.
I have always wondered why Dallas is visited over Houston, also why no Austin or San Antonio. Come to think there are so many US cities that need visits for a first time or again, Philadelphia, Seattle, Miami, Orlando, Boston, Denver, also San Diego with all the visits to LA you'd think they'd go to San Diego.
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Houston doesn't have a lot of taxis because most, if not all, of the residents there have to drive to get to places 99% of the time in the city and the pedestrian pathways there are super demotivating and lack care. I was there visiting one of my old college friends over a summer weekend and toured the city. I was amazed how disconnected everyone was from everywhere and my friend said that she has never seen a taxi (Uber or Lyft don't count since they're private cars) in the 7 years living there. Here in Chicago, I can walk around my neighborhood and see at least one person, and spontaneously walk to the grocery store and pharmacy. Seeing a few taxis every day is normal for me. In Houston, I didn't see a single person casually walking the sidewalks while I was being driven around by her. I saw a city bus and lightrail and no one was riding on them. Talk about culture shock. So if a team ends up losing their taxi in Houston, :waves:.
BritishTARFan:
--- Quote from: RachelLeVega on April 27, 2020, 06:27:15 PM ---
--- Quote from: BritishTARFan on April 27, 2020, 04:34:15 PM ---
--- Quote from: RachelLeVega on April 27, 2020, 03:11:47 PM --- Houston, I'm astounded the fifth largest city in the U.S. has not been visited despite its taxi shortage.
:idgit
--- End quote ---
What do you mean by taxi shortage, does Houston have a problem where there are too few taxis? That would be mental considering theirs virtually no good public transport, but surely this wouldn't inhibit the race as they could have a self drive or just order in 3 taxis.
I have always wondered why Dallas is visited over Houston, also why no Austin or San Antonio. Come to think there are so many US cities that need visits for a first time or again, Philadelphia, Seattle, Miami, Orlando, Boston, Denver, also San Diego with all the visits to LA you'd think they'd go to San Diego.
--- End quote ---
Houston doesn't have a lot of taxis because most, if not all, of the residents there have to drive to get to places 99% of the time in the city and the pedestrian pathways there are super demotivating and lack care. I was there visiting one of my old college friends over a summer weekend and toured the city. I was amazed how disconnected everyone was from everywhere and my friend said that she has never seen a taxi (Uber or Lyft don't count since they're private cars) in the 7 years living there. Here in Chicago, I can walk around my neighborhood and see at least one person, and spontaneously walk to the grocery store and pharmacy. Seeing a few taxis every day is normal for me. In Houston, I didn't see a single person casually walking the sidewalks while I was being driven around by her. I saw a city bus and lightrail and no one was riding on them. Talk about culture shock. So if a team ends up losing their taxi in Houston, :waves:.
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Ah that's so crazy. The USA is so weird in that their development caused all infrastructure funding to go towards roads instead of public transport with the exceptions of NYC, Boston & Chicago (Correct me if there are more), but I never knew that about taxis in Houston, maybe a self drive finale?
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