When I first moved to NYC, I didn’t think I’d ever figure out how to navigate the subway without a map.
But last night while going to meet Jeff at Urinetown, the 2/3 line was down and I immediately thought, “I can take the A/C to W 4th and transfer to the F for 42nd St.” And this morning when I was at Union Square and the 4/5 wasn’t running, I immediately thought, “I can take the L over to 6th and transfer to the 2/3 to get home.”
Maybe I’ll turn into a New Yorker yet.
of course, you could also have just taken the a/c to 42nd st. as well. but i’m still impressed.
dahl | 5 Dec 2003
Yeah, but then I would have had to walk from 8th to 6th Ave (and I was running late).
Matt | 5 Dec 2003
congrats! You’re so lucky that you live downtown in the hub of all the subway lines. Your options are unlimited. The best part of my time downtown was realizing that I could take one of four different lines to get to the same location on canal street.
jon | 5 Dec 2003
Hey, this Caucasian rides the subway. But I like taking cabs because it makes me feel like Eliza Doolittle. “Did you tell the gentleman I arrived in a taxi cab?” 😉
TheBrad | 6 Dec 2003
Nah, otherwise I would have just cabbed it.
I’d been wondering since I moved here how white people got around the city, because I always see disproportionately few Caucasians on the subway (and many of them turn out to be European tourists). Then, when Brad was visiting the city, we rode in a cab three times during the course of an one evening. And it wasn’t even cold outside.
Matt | 5 Dec 2003