Thursday, May 31, 2007

A surprise in NY

I couldn't believe my eyes yesterday, when I went to the nearest bus stop in my own neighborhood in Manhattan........Am I in Tirana or NYC?


Just over a week ago, in my blog entry of May 16, I documented the new modern bus shelters in Albania's capital, and now, I see the same style structures being built in NYC!

Two major differences, however, are to be noticed. The first few shelters I've seen here, do not include, at least so far, any seats, so no rest for the weary legs! The waiting time between bus rides in Tirana is usually very short, but in NYC one must, alas, wait forever for a bus to come....! Distances, coupled by never ending vehicular traffic, are incredibly time consuming in the States.

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