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January 10, 2005

The MBTA

Riding the subway in Boston is always a new and interesting experience. You never meet the same characters twice. It's so multicultural, multi-socioeconomic... I'm always hearing a non-english language spoken -- Japanese or Spanish or Creole or some other language that I can't understand. You have old sitting near young, rich sitting near poor, and bright sitting near dim.

In the mornings, with the business commuters, nearly everybody is wearing business apparel, reading a book or newspaper and the car is totally silent. In the afternoon, you see couples, old folks, and other people just heading from one point to another. In the evenings, you get the partygoers and college kids - especially on the B line.

I love to be able to sit and listen to people's conversations, or read a few snips and phrases of their books, or watch their interactions with each other. If you're into people-watching, there's no better place.

I have to say, though, along with the diversity in people comes the diversity of body odors. I have never experienced such a, uh, bouquet of fragrances than I have on the T :)

Sent from: Karl Gutwin

Posted by kgutwin at January 10, 2005 06:22 PM

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