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Date:      Wed, 23 Apr 1997 21:41:29 -0700
From:      mike allison <mallison@konnections.com>
To:        Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com>
Cc:        jgrosch@sirius.com, chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Price of FreeBSD (was On Holy Wars...)
Message-ID:  <335EE479.482AB1F2@konnections.com>
References:  <199704222100.PAA00146@xmission.xmission.com>

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Wes:

I have to differ....

The subway system in New York was initiated in the late 1800's and most
the others were around long before the 2nd WW and WAY before IKE.  The
reason we don't have inner city mass transit is that no one uses it in
the west.  Their too wed to their cars.  The east coast is closer and
less distance oriented, most things could be had in the neighborhood and
the majority of the people were immigrants who had a much more social
and socialist background and could appreciate the utility of mass
transit.

Pre & Post WWII we had a booming interstate train system which fell
apart thanks to the highway system... and the ready availability of
cheap gasoline...

I also believe the term Info Superhiway was around before '92.... could
be wrong...

-Mike 

Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC wrote:
> 
> > Agree. The mass transit system in NYC is the best in America which is'nt
> > saying much.
> 
> Not really, both the Boston and D.C. systems are better IMHO.  You can,
> however, count on your fingers the number of U.S. cities with working
> public transportation systems that truly cover the urban area.  Even
> Seattle and Portland (OR) have some gaping holes in their coverage.  I
> think the list probably includes NYC, Boston, D.C., Chicago, and San
> Francisco.  Maybe Atlanta.
> 
> In case anyone wants to know, this was pretty much a conscious decision
> made by the Eisenhower administrations; they wanted to build the
> Interstate highway system and financed it at the cost of pulic
> transportation.  The "intellectual" leader of this transportation
> revolution was none other than Al Gore Sr.  This is where the campaign
> phrase "information superhighway" came from.
> 
> --
>           "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
> 
> Wes Peters                                                       Softweyr LLC
> http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr                       softweyr@xmission.com



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