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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 648649" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>If I want to go to a city of a million inhabitants, it's over an hour and a half by car. Even if it were cost effective to take public transportation, I'd have to go to the train station (which we are actually lucky enough to have here they are pretty sparse) it takes about twice as long because of all the stops along the way. Then, of course, you have to get on the city buses to go anywhere else or take taxis. There are no local trains, no subways. AND the train only runs once a day in each direction, so you have to travel on their schedule. It's not like there is only every 20 minutes. I know in our town the buses stop running at 5:30...I don't know about city buses. Now, in some big cities (New York, Chicago) it's more like what you describe. In those cases it makes sense and I think people probably do use public transportation quite a lot. I certainly would if it were more reliable and cost effective. </p><p></p><p>When we were in Rome for two weeks we took public transportation every day or walked or both. It was very convenient and awesome to just wait 10 or 20 minutes and there's another train or bus if you miss the first one. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Oh I think most smokers would never consider smoking in the home of a non-smoker...even with permission, but many smokers do smoke in their own homes. We stopped years ago because I hate the left-over smell. I did smoke in my car, but never if I had passengers and ALWAYS with the window down. Jabber and I saw a person smoking the other day with the window up and were commenting on that...how we could never have been able to do that. If the weather was too bad to put the window down...we didn't smoke. </p><p></p><p>I suspect the "rules" against it are for the benefit of our difficult kids. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Oh... <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/hugs.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hugs:" title="hugs :hugs:" data-shortname=":hugs:" /></p><p></p><p>The worry and fear never really goes away, even when things are good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 648649, member: 17309"] If I want to go to a city of a million inhabitants, it's over an hour and a half by car. Even if it were cost effective to take public transportation, I'd have to go to the train station (which we are actually lucky enough to have here they are pretty sparse) it takes about twice as long because of all the stops along the way. Then, of course, you have to get on the city buses to go anywhere else or take taxis. There are no local trains, no subways. AND the train only runs once a day in each direction, so you have to travel on their schedule. It's not like there is only every 20 minutes. I know in our town the buses stop running at 5:30...I don't know about city buses. Now, in some big cities (New York, Chicago) it's more like what you describe. In those cases it makes sense and I think people probably do use public transportation quite a lot. I certainly would if it were more reliable and cost effective. When we were in Rome for two weeks we took public transportation every day or walked or both. It was very convenient and awesome to just wait 10 or 20 minutes and there's another train or bus if you miss the first one. Oh I think most smokers would never consider smoking in the home of a non-smoker...even with permission, but many smokers do smoke in their own homes. We stopped years ago because I hate the left-over smell. I did smoke in my car, but never if I had passengers and ALWAYS with the window down. Jabber and I saw a person smoking the other day with the window up and were commenting on that...how we could never have been able to do that. If the weather was too bad to put the window down...we didn't smoke. I suspect the "rules" against it are for the benefit of our difficult kids. Oh... :hugs: The worry and fear never really goes away, even when things are good. [/QUOTE]
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