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seniorknowitall88 t1_j8c3m49 wrote

My parents' take: that's what happens when you allow public transit.

Reality: All people struggle and Towson is a fairly central county seat. Lots of people who have problems travel through that town every day.

Same could be said of Cockeysville, Bel Air, and Owings Mills.

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halfpintNatty t1_j8cjyvj wrote

Omg…. Your parents… 🤪🤣

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Fadedcamo t1_j8ddyk8 wrote

Pretty standard for NIMYBers. My sister said my house was sketch because a bus stop was nearby.

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Scrilla_Gorilla_ t1_j8izj1d wrote

Edit: Misread your comment as your sister lives next to the bus stop. Do you not experience any of the issues I listed below?

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Do you live next to a bus stop? I do. And while I understand the necessity of public transportation your sister is not wrong. The liter is one thing, I can blame that on them never emptying the cans. But you wouldn't need a map to follow the path of people from the bus stop, to the corner where the trappers work, to the alley where everyone blasts off. And while I understand the bus is not the root problem, that doesn't change the fact that they do invite an element of sketchiness. It's easy to call someone a NIMBY when you aren't rustling sleeping zombies off your stoop.

This was a reply to that specific comment, not an indictment on bus stops in Towson or public transportation in general.

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DfcukinLite t1_j8dtg3a wrote

There’s ZERO public transportation in Bel Air, let alone HarCo and they intend on keeping it that way.

They have a tiny county commuter bus system but it’s not used and goes nowhere for importance. There’s a MARC train stop in Aberdeen tho. The same cannot be said for Bel Air as the others.

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gaiusjuliusweezer t1_j8efs1x wrote

It’s ridiculous because ridership is down and a third of the buses don’t show up. If anything, this correlates with a massive reduction in public transportation access

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keenerperkins t1_j8iul56 wrote

I have always loved the take that public transit is a reliable "getaway" car lol.

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