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RachelLeVega:
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--- 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:.
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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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Probably should add LA, San Francisco, Vegas, Portland, and Seattle to that public transport-heavy list as well. Most of the west coast is highly developed. The tornado alley, not really.
Declive:
Leg 1: Miami, US > Paramaribo, Suriname
Leg 2: Paramaribo, Suriname > Montevideo, Uruguay > Piriápolis, Uruguay
Leg 3: Montevideo, Uruguay
Leg 4: Montevideo, Uruguay > London, England > Manchester, England
Leg 5: Manchester, England > Genoa, Italy
Leg 6: Bologna, Italy
Leg 7: Bologna, Italy > Cluj Napoca, Romania
Leg 8: Tirgu Mures, Romania
Leg 9: Tirgu Mures, Romania > Bangkok, Thailand > Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Leg 10: Ayuthaya, Thailand
Leg 11: Ayuthaya, Thailand > Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Leg 12: Hong Kong, HK > Los Angeles, US
US > Suriname > Uruguay > England > Italy > Romania > Thailand > Hong Kong > US
Leg 1: Miami, US > Managua, Nicaragua
Leg 2: Managua, Nicaragua > Nassau, Bahamas
Leg 3: Dunmore Town, Bahamas
Leg 4: Nassau, Bahamas > Dakar, Senegal > Saint Louis, Senegal
Leg 5: Dakar, Senegal
Leg 6: Dakar, Senegal > Doha, Qatar > Al-Wakrah, Qatar
Leg 7: Al-Wakrah, Qatar > Delhi, India > Lucknow, India
Leg 8: Jaipur, India
Leg 9: Jaipur, India > Istanbul, Turkey
Leg 10: Istanbul, Turkey > Debrecen, Hungary
Leg 11: Budapest, Hungary
Leg 12: Budapest, Hungary > New York City, US
US > Nicaragua > Bahamas > Senegal > Qatar > India > Turkey > Hungary > US
Kamineko:
Leg 1 (Baltimore, United States → Casablanca, Morocco)
Leg 2 (Casablanca, Morocco → Ouarzazate, Morocco)
Leg 3 (Ouarzazate, Morocco → Lisbon & Cascais, Portugal)
Leg 4 (Cascais, Portugal → Amsterdam & Delft, Netherlands)
Leg 5 (Delft, Netherlands → Budapest & Szentendre, Hungary)
Leg 6 (Szentendre, Hungary → Corfu, Greece)
Leg 7 (Corfu, Greece → Samarkand, Uzbekistan)
Leg 8 (Samarkand, Uzbekistan → Taipei, Taiwan)
Leg 9 (Taipei, Taiwan → Langkawi, Malaysia)
Leg 10 (Langkawi, Malaysia → Malacca, Malaysia)
Leg 11 (Malacca, Malaysia → Queenstown, New Zealand)
Leg 12 (Queenstown, New Zealand → San Francisco, United States)
Memory challenge idea: Each city/town visited has a nickname/alias. The final memory challenge will involve those nicknames.
Baltimore: "The City That Reads"
Casablanca: also known as the "white house"
Ouarzazate: "The Door of the Desert"
Cascais: "The Town of Kings and Fishermen"
Amsterdam: "The Venice of the North"
Budapest: "The Pearl of the Danube"
Corfu: "The Island of the Phaeacians"
Samarkand: "The Heart of the Great Silk Road"
Taipei: "The City of Azaleas"
Langkawi: "The Jewel of Kedah"
Malacca: "Bandaraya Bersejarah"
Queenstown: "The Adventure Capital of the World"
San Francisco: "The Golden City"
Jimmer:
--- Quote from: RachelLeVega on April 27, 2020, 07:42:08 PM ---
--- Quote from: BritishTARFan on April 27, 2020, 07:29:15 PM ---
--- 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
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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:.
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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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Probably should add LA, San Francisco, Vegas, Portland, and Seattle to that public transport-heavy list as well. Most of the west coast is highly developed. The tornado alley, not really.
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Depends on how you define developed. Ames, Iowa has the third largest per capita public transit ridership (behind NYC and San Francisco) with a population of ~60,000. Granted it's a college town and most of the ridership is college students. But still, there are plenty of midwestern towns that make the list in terms of per capita ridership.
See table 3 on this website.
https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploads/APTA_Fact-Book-2019_FINAL.pdf
RachelLeVega:
--- Quote from: Jimmer on April 28, 2020, 07:37:40 AM ---
--- Quote from: RachelLeVega on April 27, 2020, 07:42:08 PM ---
--- Quote from: BritishTARFan on April 27, 2020, 07:29:15 PM ---
--- 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.
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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:.
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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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Probably should add LA, San Francisco, Vegas, Portland, and Seattle to that public transport-heavy list as well. Most of the west coast is highly developed. The tornado alley, not really.
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Depends on how you define developed. Ames, Iowa has the third largest per capita public transit ridership (behind NYC and San Francisco) with a population of ~60,000. Granted it's a college town and most of the ridership is college students. But still, there are plenty of midwestern towns that make the list in terms of per capita ridership.
See table 3 on this website.
https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploads/APTA_Fact-Book-2019_FINAL.pdf
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I'd take account that most of these cities on that list are well-known college towns including the big cities and it's more of a requirement for the university to be well-connected with its city so the data is kind of skewed in that way. I'm focusing on the connection between local residents of the area that don't feel limited in their options to travel around the city. I immediately noticed Penn State (State College, PA) and it's definitely more of a place that you drive or walk to different places within the scope of the city than call for a taxi or ride a bus (at least for permanent residents). But the ones I listed on the west coast even with the addition of primarily college towns made it on the list (SF/Concord, Seattle, Portland, LA, Vegas).
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