White flight? Suburbs lose young whites to cities

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

True enough.

But I'm not sure any of those posts were specifically dumb or had illogical arguments.

I don't know if you were joking or not, only you know that. It just kinda seems like you're trying to cover it up by saying you were joking, because for some reason I've always connected your username to racial slurs on here. Some of your comments remind me of max based on some of the threads you're quick to respond to. If you don't like people based on their race and not based on the individual person, then, that's fine. That's your opinion and you're entitled to it. Everyone is biased about something/someone to some degree. I'm just saying that there's always a better way to debate and/or disagree with someone without name calling, making attacks on someone's education level, etc.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I'm just saying that there's always a better way to debate and/or disagree with someone without name calling, making attacks on someone's education level, etc.

Not if people only come to GC to amuse themselves by any means necessary. On some days, calm discourse is entertaining and on other days smartassy back-and-forths are entertaining. Yay.

I don't follow posters around GC and don't remember most people's previous posts, even if I exchanged words with them. So, the only thing that has ever grabbed my attention about EW is his username.LOL. Random: I cyberwonder how PhiGam and TexasWSP(sp) are doing. They were cool and entertaining.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I don't follow posters around GC and don't remember most people's previous posts, even if I exchanged words with them. So, the only thing that has ever grabbed my attention about EW is his username.LOL. .

lol
omg, are kidding me? You told me that I have a "history" of condescending comments once. Sounds like you have great memory, to me.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

lol
omg, are kidding me? You told me that I have a "history" of condescending comments once. Sounds like you have great memory, to me.

Did "most people's" go over your head? Good job at trying to call me out, idiot.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Did "most people's" go over your head? Good job at trying to call me out, idiot.

I wasn't trying to "call you out". Have a cow, already!

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I wasn't trying to "call you out". Have a cow, already!

Whoops, how could I have missed that sarcasm from she who is rarely amusing and rarely grasps the sarcasm of others. LOL.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Whoops, how could I have missed that sarcasm from she who is rarely amusing and rarely grasps the sarcasm of others. LOL.

--whatever.

[dreamseeker]

*cackle*

[Low C Sharp]

If you happen to live along the right bus line, it's great.

"Happen to live" there? Nobody happens to live anywhere unless they inherit a house. They make choices that carry trade-offs. If public transportation is important enough to you, you choose housing close to it. It's not bad luck that you don't have a bus line close by. It's your choice.
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[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by Low C Sharp

"Happen to live" there? Nobody happens to live anywhere unless they inherit a house. They make choices that carry trade-offs. If public transportation is important enough to you, you choose housing close to it. It's not bad luck that you don't have a bus line close by. It's your choice.

Where are you quoting that from? I don't remember seeing that.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by Low C Sharp

"Happen to live" there? Nobody happens to live anywhere unless they inherit a house. They make choices that carry trade-offs. If public transportation is important enough to you, you choose housing close to it. It's not bad luck that you don't have a bus line close by. It's your choice.

And if you purchase a house near the bus line and they stop that bus line?

[agzg]

Originally Posted by AGDee

And if you purchase a house near the bus line and they stop that bus line?

Massive budget cuts in public transportation (coupled with breakdowns in negotiations between executives and unions of drivers) make this more and more common.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by agzg

Massive budget cuts in public transportation (coupled with breakdowns in negotiations between executives and unions of drivers) make this more and more common.

This is what a lot of people are dealing with now. I live close to a subway stop that takes me to my office in about 30 minutes, so I'm not too dependent on the bus, but a lot of people in my neighborhood are.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by agzg

Massive budget cuts in public transportation (coupled with breakdowns in negotiations between executives and unions of drivers) make this more and more common.

I agree. And, it's not just that point specifically. When you choose where you want to live, you base it on a lot of things: school systems (if you have kids), convenience, level of urban/suburban/rural, etc., safety of the neighborhood, all kinds of things! The problem is, a lot of things change and sometimes your dream home/neighborhood became something totally different but you're stuck there.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

This is what a lot of people are dealing with now. I live close to a subway stop that takes me to my office in about 30 minutes, so I'm not too dependent on the bus, but a lot of people in my neighborhood are.

Originally Posted by AGDee

I agree. And, it's not just that point specifically. When you choose where you want to live, you base it on a lot of things: school systems (if you have kids), convenience, level of urban/suburban/rural, etc., safety of the neighborhood, all kinds of things! The problem is, a lot of things change and sometimes your dream home/neighborhood became something totally different but you're stuck there.

The CTA cut a handful of bus routes a few months ago, and are putting fewer trains on the tracks (causing crowded buses and trains that remind me of that video from Japan and some pretty significant delays, depending on the time of day). I think a lot of the bus routes were express buses, but some were not. Kindof a bummer, really.