fremenator t1_iuhzz48 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:10 PM

Reply to comment by DumbshitOnTheRight in We need a bicycle car on the commuter rail by TheTechOcogs

Do you genuinely think that? How many workers does the CR move daily? What are the economic benefits generated by the commuter rail and how many businesses would be in another state if we didn't have it?

What is the list of communities that get benefits? Those that have a station? Those that have a station with 5 miles? 10 miles? How many people live in those communities?

DumbshitOnTheRight t1_iui0q3h wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:15 PM

Once you get out toward Framingham you have a ton of towns and smaller places where people aren't using it to go to the east.

"Greater economic benefit" is hard to sell to places like Greenfield, North Adams, and Northbridge where there are other needs closer to the ground.

People overall seem to dislike seeing tax money spent on things that don't directly benefit them.

fremenator t1_iui1jsd wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:21 PM

> >People overall seem to dislike seeing tax money spent on things that don't directly benefit them.

People are bad at realizing they live in a society. The fact is that if we didn't have things like CR then Massachusetts would have a much smaller tax base and people in towns like North Adams and Greenfield would not have the same access to state grants and funding for things that directly benefit them. Just because they don't realize it doesn't make it untrue.

legalpretzel t1_iui6udn wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:58 PM

People in North Adams would rather drive on dirt paths 😂

DumbshitOnTheRight t1_iui1ojx wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:22 PM

>People are bad at realizing they live in a society.

No disagreement there, but that's the reality.

TheTechOcogs OP t1_iui5xbw wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:52 PM

They should expand it to Springfield then, Worcester has a huge train station that has been promising to expand to.