Seven people in my subway car this morning were reading the Boston Metro, out of say 30 total, the rest of who were in thought or conversation or sleep, none reading a book. Some might say, "Well, at least they're reading!?" Does anyone else find it's proliferation questionable?
This past summer Tracie (my partner) and I spent 6 weeks in Italy. Not for some summer getaway, but to work. We were invited to a workshop on Creativity in LA CIPRESSAIA in the heart of Tuscany. But that is a long and unending tale, that I'll go into some other time.
Nevertheless, when I was in Italy, we spent a fews days in Rome, there I was surprised, but not very shocked to see an Italian version of the Metro there.
Apparently that isn't the only place that it is check T H I S out. I did a search on google for "Philadelphia Metro or Boston Metro and Luxembourg", and the second link to come up was this.
I guess what they are really about is news tight, after all the third link was a link to their "News site", right? Not quite.
In fact I can't find their "mainpage", and I'm not going to spend any more time looking, because from what I've seen there is nothing to see in their "news"
The sad thing is, I see more people reading this crap, instead of books, magazines, other newspapers (which also have problems) or listening to music. And I think because it's free, they think they can just leave it anywhere. "So, that it is easier for others to read it if they want." How generous of them.
Meanwhile, the most frequent siting on the sidewalk in downtown Boston (or Cambridge, JP, or Dorchester-places I've lived ) is guess, what? Yep, some remnant of the Metro. How lovely!
Oops. There I go again.
"they think they can just leave it anywhere. "So, that it is easier for others to read it if they want." How generous of them"
I said "they" (and them). I am trying not to use they, as it is inherently divisive and seems to exacerbate division. The whole us and them thing. I see that WE do it frequently.
Any suggestions for replacing the word they?
Tracie and I were talking about the interesting contrast between riding the Red Line to Harvard Area, and the Red Line South or Orange line in any direction.
From simple observation on a daily basis, more people read the New York Times than the Metro heading NorthWest on the Red Line, than South or on the Orange Line which we live off of.
I find this disheartening. Notwithstanding the New York Times recent history of disinformation and misinformation, publishing patently false stories, etc. it is a far cry from the snippets of ignorance and disinformation published by The Metro.