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womzillaAnd other times, it takes a little more work to connect the dots.
As people here have noted, yesterday evening there was a fire in a control room at the Chambers Street station on the 8th Avenue Subway line in lower Manhattan. Because of this fire, the local train--the C--will not be able to run for an undetermined period; the estimates are two to five years, though I have a gut feeling that it will be less than the lower bound of that estimate. This is not a crippling blow to New York's infrastructure, but it is a significant one; the Blue Line (as New Yorks do not call it) is the third-busiest group of trains in the MTA, carrying several hundred thousand passengers a day, and this fire has effectively wiped out express service along a route which runs nearly the entire length of Manhattan.
It has transpired that the fire was set by a homeless person trying to stay warm.
So while everyone was expecting a second massive terrorist attack, the biggest infrastructure damage it has suffered since September 11th was caused because New York doesn't manage to provide basic life services to its neediest.
Way to set priorities! Thanks for the clue-stick, world.
As people here have noted, yesterday evening there was a fire in a control room at the Chambers Street station on the 8th Avenue Subway line in lower Manhattan. Because of this fire, the local train--the C--will not be able to run for an undetermined period; the estimates are two to five years, though I have a gut feeling that it will be less than the lower bound of that estimate. This is not a crippling blow to New York's infrastructure, but it is a significant one; the Blue Line (as New Yorks do not call it) is the third-busiest group of trains in the MTA, carrying several hundred thousand passengers a day, and this fire has effectively wiped out express service along a route which runs nearly the entire length of Manhattan.
It has transpired that the fire was set by a homeless person trying to stay warm.
So while everyone was expecting a second massive terrorist attack, the biggest infrastructure damage it has suffered since September 11th was caused because New York doesn't manage to provide basic life services to its neediest.
Way to set priorities! Thanks for the clue-stick, world.
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Date: 2005-01-25 10:55 pm (UTC)Personally, I think the US should have Open Homes, where anyone can go at any time to live an indefinate period. This would be in lieu of social security, social security disability, and other programs based on paying in and giving payments to individuals. No needs test, no test of any sort excapt that you behave responsibly while there.
This would, of course, be coupled with engihborhood canttens, which anyone could go to for any meal of the day, again, no test, no questions asked, just behave politely.
And since the same places where people need the most help also have the lowest business tenancy rates, it would be easy to expand.