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gthc21 t1_j49at44 wrote

Reply to comment by gthc21 in A reminder that "light rail" (as a concept) and "The Light Rail" (that we have) are not synonymous by gaiusjuliusweezer

May I remind you we were a larger city than DC only until recently, and they have a massive metro system.

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Single-Ad-3260 t1_j49c2l1 wrote

DC is a 1st tier city. Nova is 3million people. Moco and pgco are two most populous md counties.

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gthc21 t1_j49cgm5 wrote

What do you think one of the factors that allowed rapid growth of NOVA was? NOVA has nearly doubled since the 90s.

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Single-Ad-3260 t1_j49d2qi wrote

Light rail and metro work well in first tier cities. They do not work well in second tier cities. Baltimore is a second tier city. Is there one American second tier city in which light rail works well, and by well I mean rider ship?

It is not being short sighted to point out that car centric suburbs of second tier cities do not support through ridership numbers a light rail system.

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todareistobmore t1_j49u8cc wrote

> DC is a 1st tier city.

It wasn't when their Metro was built. Funny how that works, isn't it?

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Single-Ad-3260 t1_j49z804 wrote

Dc has always been a first tier city, well before the metro. Baltimore will never be a first tier city.

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