Thursday, February 13, 2014

New York city Subways are like a Melting pot


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  They say New York is the city that never sleeps, which is true because New York City transportation is always running no matter what. For Instance you can work all day and come out late and still find a train, taxi or bus whichever you prefer. I have been living in new York city for 14 years now and from experience I believe there is no place like new York, I alway find  a taxi or a bus in order to get home or to school, but in other places I have visited its wasn't the same at all.  
      New York City transportation is very helpfully to many of us because half of New Yonkers commute with a train or bus. As a New Yorker I have experienced the good and the bad while commuting with the subways. 
I have meet very interesting commuters in these trains and bus, they  are all different and unique in their own ways. When I enter a train I usually look around and  most of the times I see many different people from all over the world, from looks to language, culture, ethnicity and the way they are dresses. i find it amazing at at times when I am commuting and i start hearing one couple speaking Chinese and the person standing above them is speaking French or  Spanish to a friend or family members. its shows that we are all different people  and you never know where you may meet . the subways to me is like a mixture of everything, its like a melting pot.
    According to the  Article, 55 percent of new Yonkers  commute by the mass transit and the Staten Island ferry are the busiest in the nation, they carry 20 millions of passengers annually, I am not surprised by this because  New York is one of the busiest city and people sometimes rather commute with the trains or  a ferry. I  personally enjoy taking the trains because I haven't yet encountered any bad experience happening to me. but last summer as I was leaving school with  friend we entered the 6 train, and she experienced a very bad ride home, we wasn't aware while we was having a conversation in the busiest train her iPhone was stolen from her backpack, which I taught she was just making it up but unfortunately it was stolen . I was shocked because all my life commuting with the subway i have never experienced such thing. it was horrible to see her go through that . I felt so bad for her but I couldn't do much. but overall  the mass transit are very helpfully for most of us, if they were no thefts or crazy people in the trains I believe everyone commute will be very easy and many commuters will not be afraid to take the trains because of what they experienced in the past. Although Transportation is made for us to commute from one place to another  sometimes it does give us headaches  and at times we are not pleased depending on our mood or  situations . 
work cited
       Berggren, Christopher New York city America "s Melting Pot and Public Transit King. November 5,2013


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