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   From: wdstarr@panix.com   
      
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   djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) said:   
      
   > I don't know.  My total experience of NYC was an afternoon at   
   > the American Museum of Natural History (carved out of an   
   > obligatory visit to Connecticut).  The subway struck me as   
   > being very like going through Hell, except that Dante didn't   
   > have to go back out through Hell; he took the shortcut to   
   > Purgatory.  Nonetheless, the dinosaurs were cool.   
      
   Back when I worked near City Hall in Boston I had to use the   
   Government Center (nee Scollay Square) MBTA station during rush   
   hours.  On occasion during the summer I'd compose a letter to the   
   T using the metaphor of a colonial franchise of Hell on a day   
   when the owner is expecting a surprise inspection from the home   
   office.   
      
   I don't think the environment there has changed much in the two   
   decades since then, but at least I don't have to use it during   
   those times anymore.  (I do see that the T has a major overhaul   
   scheduled:   
   http://www.mbta.com/about_the_mbta/t_projects/Default.asp?id=1004 )   
      
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