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1. Buyer?
   Comment by Buyer? | 08/13/08 at 11:00 am

   Yet another unwittingly hilarious example of something discussed in the Stuff White People Like blog. In this case, white people love “Public Transportation that Is Not a Bus”. John you do realize that MBTA buses serve this general route? You *never ever* hear of a South Ender crying for more bus routes. Only subway line extensions. Another white South Ender, Alyk from the Redfin Blog, was similarly cheering for a Green Line extension through the South End.

   See:

   http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/

   Now in book form too!

   ” White people all support the idea of public transportation and will be happy to tell you about how the subways and streetcars/trams have helped to energize cities like Chicago and Portland. They will tell you all about the energy and cost savings of having people abandon their cars for public transportation and how they hope that one day they can live in a city where they will be car-free.

   At this point, you are probably thinking about the massive number of buses that serve your city and how you have never seen a white person riding them. To a white person a bus is essentially a giant minivan that continually stops to pick up progressively smellier people. You should never, ever point this out to a white person. It will make them recognize that they might not love public transportation as much as they thought, and then they will feel sad.”

2. John A Keith
   Comment by John A Keith | 08/13/08 at 12:09 pm

   I don’t think your comment makes any sense!

   How short is the bus you ride?

   I’m too busy to respond to it because I’m rushing out the door to get on the #43 to Park Street; more later.

3. Buyer?
   Comment by Buyer? | 08/13/08 at 1:12 pm

   LOL! I was wondering how bitchy you’d be.

   Relax John. Really.

   It’s all in good fun.

4. Joe
   Comment by Joe | 08/13/08 at 2:37 pm

   I’ve been riding the #1 bus since 1972, the silver line bus since it started and yes many of the people do smell. I over hear a lot of black conversation on these buses and some of is nothing to be too proud of. You should be a shame of yourself seeing this as a black vs white issue. Then again this is boston

5. Hmm
   Comment by Hmm | 08/13/08 at 3:50 pm

   Joe, you missed the meme [internet] joke…

   Stuff White People Like

6. alyk
   Comment by alyk | 08/14/08 at 5:17 am

   I support you, John. I like trains.

   Other white people stuff I like: Facebook, un-paid internships, and gentrification.

   Menus with no decimal places are nice too. I wish we could squeeze a few more high-end restaurants in the South End.

   Oh hey, the new line could take me right to Target.

7. Buyer?
   Comment by Buyer? | 08/14/08 at 8:45 am

   Alyik – Nice to see you here! Clue us in to your favorite breakfast and sandwich places in the South End. Didn’t you just wet your panties over the rumor of a Whole Foods opening on Harrison? Too bad that never panned out. Oh well. There’s always the South of Washington^H^H^H^H^H^H^H SoWa Open Market!

   Go Obama!!!

8. John A Keith
   Comment by John A Keith | 08/14/08 at 9:59 am

   Tips to everyone: be funnier, and less coarse!

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