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Morning Commute in NYC

Well folks, it looks like I will begin a morning commute to work. At least I don't have to leave until 10am.

When I go out, I notice there isn't too many people out. So I guess leaving around 10 is good.

My workload diminished to the point I had to get a part time job out of the home.

Oh, well, the boss said I will only have to work onsite for a month.

How about the rest of you. Does anyone work offsite most of the time, or onsite, or a combination of both.
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
I work at home for my freelance writing, within Oxford for my degree (a mix of research and tutorials in College), and in London on weekends for my tutoring, which is a 2.5 hour commute to my house (10 minute bicycle to train station, like to get there 20 min early, 1 hr on train, one hour to my client's house, double for the return)
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
How are you able to afford traveling back-and-forth from NYC to London each week? Not trying to pry, just curious.
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
Hi, @hhusted! Haha, I don't travel to NYC each week! Just in the vacations! Oxford has a weird term-system - three terms of 8 weeks each, which means I get 6 weeks between the Oxford terms and 3 months in the summer! So I have two "homes" - my family's home in NYC, where I live in a literal converted walk-in closet (my mom downsized after I went away to school - she bought a one-bedroom and converted the closet into a guest room of sorts) and my rented room in Oxford. Usually (this year excepted, as I leased for a year) I only pay rent in Oxford for term-time, so my rent-money outside of term time goes on flights. The weekend commute is Oxford-London, which is only an hour by train (20 gbp return)

I hate flying - traveling to NYC-London each week would give me a nervous breakdown.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
@ajadeidealist Even the three times a year I cross the Atlantic beats me up pretty well. I'm definitely a bad flyer...
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
@ajadedidealist Yeah, that sounds really intense.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@hhusted commuting at 10 am is not so bad .. I think the maximum rush is from 6am -9am.. I have not worked outside my home in NYC but do usually schedule dentist appointments for the morning hours so I am aware of how crowded the trains can be especially the 4,5, 6 train lines.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
@uptowngirl That's an excellent point. I tend not to leave my apartment until 9am rolls around.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@Everyone Najibullah Zazi the Afghan man who was arrested in Queens last year as a terror suspect has confessed to have created a plot to bomb the 1,2, 4 and 6 subway lines last September.
http://www.metro.us/us/article/2010/04/13/06/1754-82/index.xml
Can you imagine the carnage that would have taken place, if he had succeeded with his plot. and done the deed during the rush hour morning commute?..
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Uptowngirl: I remember reading that today. That is scary. Thankfully I take the D train to work. Thankfully it will not happen. That is all we need - another disaster.
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
Oh, God, I feel sick just reading about it! I lived in such, such terror taking the subway in NYC - I have an irrational (rational?) FEAR of terrorism - the point, rather, I suppose - on underground metros, planes, airports, buses, everything. It really hurts my ability to travel, and when I hear things like this it makes it that much worse.
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
I heard about that too! The 1,2,3 train is crazy in the morning! Basically everyone who lives uptown works downtown. Just terrible to think about.
@hhusted: 10 am is still pretty gnarley. At least, it is coming out of Williamsburg.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@JenMac: Oh, I feel like gnarling my teeth. Grrrrrr..........
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
That's why I like the bus. It's slow, but it is really pleasant - I prefer to spend longer and use my time reading, relaxing, and looking at scenery rather than being miserable commuting underground.
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
@ajadedidealist I actually like taking the bus too, when it isn't packed with school children.

@everyone I hardly ever take the train - either I'm driving or someone else is driving me in their cab - but when I do it seems to be more often than not the G train... which terrorists have definitely never heard of.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
Does anyone else think about how life just goes on in spite of all of the bomb threats or terrorists caught in the planning stages? As in, people just continue to get on the train during rush hour in mass quantities, even though it's probably crossed everyone's mind that anything could happen?

I also have to wonder how all of these terrorists get caught in the planning stages all the time.... How does that happen? Not that I'm not happy it does.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@NeverSleeps: The authorities find out through a special system they set up to monitor activity in certain areas, by people coming forward providing information, people hearing things and reporting what they hear, etc.

You would be surprised how many terror threats are known by the government. They don't report all of it, because they would stir up a panic.

Some people can't read English, so avoid reading newspapers or watching TV. For these people, they don't know anything about their surroundings.
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
@Neversleeps, I think about it all the time. I thought about that today getting on the 123. I mean, I didn't have much of a choice so I just hopped on, but it definitely crossed my mind.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
@NeverSleeps surely you watch the Wire? They get caught in the planning stages because the authorities are all up in people's business, monitoring calls and bank accounts and whatnot...
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
@NeverSleeps I always think about the possibility of something happening, even when I'm on the lowly G train. That said, I must not seriously think death by train is actually possible or I probably wouldn't board the thing in the first place.
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
My friend studies terrorism (academically!) and she says that there's loads of plans that are caught but not reported in NYC and other places - not sure if that makes me more or less confident in the system.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish Well. Whatever works I guess.

@ajadedidealist Well then they must be reported somewhere... Does she know why the news doesn't bother with those stories?
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