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|  05-07-2007, 06:03 AM | #1 | 
| Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia 
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				What are these? quiz
			 
			
			London:  Philadelphia:  Moscow:  Toronto:  Washington DC:  Beijing:  scroll for answer... . . . . . . . . Subway systems of the world, presented on the same scale. | 
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|  05-07-2007, 06:08 AM | #2 | 
| still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 
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			They all look like natual systems, like waterways, except Beijing which is very Borg-like.
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|  05-07-2007, 07:53 AM | #3 | 
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			US cities have sucky subway systems.
		 
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|  05-07-2007, 08:18 AM | #4 | 
| erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" 
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			Beijing's is the worst. Nobody rides it; it never grew because it had no need to.
		 
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|  05-07-2007, 08:41 AM | #5 | 
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|  05-07-2007, 09:52 AM | #6 | 
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			Yeah and Chicago.
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|  05-07-2007, 10:06 AM | #7 | 
| I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC 
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			DC's is great, if you want to go where it takes you. Like Model-Ts and black. 
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|  05-07-2007, 11:24 AM | #8 | |
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 In other words, choose both lodging and work that are located on a subway line. There are a lot of places to live out there, and a lot of jobs too. | |
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|  05-07-2007, 11:48 AM | #9 | 
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			I live near a stop on the red line.  My job isn't near a stop, so I drive, but if I have to go anywhere downtown, the subway is great.
		 
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|  05-07-2007, 01:16 PM | #10 | 
| in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia 
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			The Philadelphia map is missing stuff--in addition to the subway, there's also regional rail and trolley lines.
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|  05-07-2007, 01:38 PM | #11 | 
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			The London Map looks uncannily like....   
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