Comments on: Moleskine for Charm City. http://www.pragmatik.org/blog/2007/02/moleskine-for-charm-city/ Glossolalia, complaining and cycling. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:04:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Ahniwa http://www.pragmatik.org/blog/2007/02/moleskine-for-charm-city/#comment-1882 Ahniwa Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:09:43 +0000 http://www.pragmatik.org/blog/2007/02/moleskine-for-charm-city/#comment-1882 No problem at all. Glad you enjoyed it. :) No problem at all. Glad you enjoyed it. :)

]]> By: Johnny http://www.pragmatik.org/blog/2007/02/moleskine-for-charm-city/#comment-1853 Johnny Fri, 09 Feb 2007 17:13:51 +0000 http://www.pragmatik.org/blog/2007/02/moleskine-for-charm-city/#comment-1853 That song is great! Makes me think of walking around Downtown at night, with all the cool city lights around, purple for when our football team makes the playoffs:) Thanks again for uploading it! That song is great! Makes me think of walking around Downtown at night, with all the cool city lights around, purple for when our football team makes the playoffs:) Thanks again for uploading it!

]]> By: Johnny http://www.pragmatik.org/blog/2007/02/moleskine-for-charm-city/#comment-1842 Johnny Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:53:56 +0000 http://www.pragmatik.org/blog/2007/02/moleskine-for-charm-city/#comment-1842 Awesome! Thanks, comrade! I'll check this out ASAP. Awesome! Thanks, comrade! I’ll check this out ASAP.

]]> By: Ahniwa http://www.pragmatik.org/blog/2007/02/moleskine-for-charm-city/#comment-1823 Ahniwa Fri, 09 Feb 2007 02:32:57 +0000 http://www.pragmatik.org/blog/2007/02/moleskine-for-charm-city/#comment-1823 Since you're such a Baltimophile (looks way too much like "batmobile"), I thought <a href="http://ahniwa.com/uploads/streetsofbaltimore.mp3" rel="nofollow">I'd share this song</a> with you, which you might not have heard. Norah Jones in a bluegrass band!? Damn straight. If that's not your thing, that's cool too. It just seemed very apropos. Since you’re such a Baltimophile (looks way too much like “batmobile”), I thought I’d share this song with you, which you might not have heard. Norah Jones in a bluegrass band!? Damn straight.

If that’s not your thing, that’s cool too. It just seemed very apropos.

]]> By: Laundro http://www.pragmatik.org/blog/2007/02/moleskine-for-charm-city/#comment-1793 Laundro Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:38:59 +0000 http://www.pragmatik.org/blog/2007/02/moleskine-for-charm-city/#comment-1793 Someday, my friend, someday! Someday, my friend, someday!

]]> By: Johnny http://www.pragmatik.org/blog/2007/02/moleskine-for-charm-city/#comment-1782 Johnny Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:03:25 +0000 http://www.pragmatik.org/blog/2007/02/moleskine-for-charm-city/#comment-1782 We're still not great in transit compared to places like DC, Boston and NYC, but it's starting to get better since people have started to move back into the city. I haven't heard anything about more Metro or Light Rail, though. I wish they could get more of that going on. I think I remember some delay in the Metro construction downtown from when I was a teenager, where they hit bedrock they couldn't blast through or something ridiculous like that. But last time I took the LR to pick someone up at BWI, it was totally packed, which was a nice change from how empty it used to be. Now I even see rich city dwellers take it to Hunt Valley to visit some sprawl:) I think we're more of a bus town than train (which is too bad since I love me some trains). The new buses (and the cooler ones with bike racks) are pretty nice. If we could put in some of those rapid bus station tube dealies like they have in Brazil, they would be pretty awesome. I think the main thing is getting rid of the <i>stigma</i> of riding the bus that Baltimore has. My mom always tells me how glad she was to get a car after a childhood of bus riding, but I'm glad to be free of my car and able to ride or walk or get around anyway I want to. Still, people look at me like I'm crazy for not owning a car in Baltimore, more so if I tell them how much money we lost selling it in 12/05. But it's not easy yet like it is other places. When I moved away from Boston in 2003, the first thing I did was buy a car:) We’re still not great in transit compared to places like DC, Boston and NYC, but it’s starting to get better since people have started to move back into the city. I haven’t heard anything about more Metro or Light Rail, though. I wish they could get more of that going on. I think I remember some delay in the Metro construction downtown from when I was a teenager, where they hit bedrock they couldn’t blast through or something ridiculous like that. But last time I took the LR to pick someone up at BWI, it was totally packed, which was a nice change from how empty it used to be. Now I even see rich city dwellers take it to Hunt Valley to visit some sprawl:)

I think we’re more of a bus town than train (which is too bad since I love me some trains). The new buses (and the cooler ones with bike racks) are pretty nice. If we could put in some of those rapid bus station tube dealies like they have in Brazil, they would be pretty awesome.

I think the main thing is getting rid of the stigma of riding the bus that Baltimore has. My mom always tells me how glad she was to get a car after a childhood of bus riding, but I’m glad to be free of my car and able to ride or walk or get around anyway I want to. Still, people look at me like I’m crazy for not owning a car in Baltimore, more so if I tell them how much money we lost selling it in 12/05. But it’s not easy yet like it is other places. When I moved away from Boston in 2003, the first thing I did was buy a car:)

]]> By: Laundro http://www.pragmatik.org/blog/2007/02/moleskine-for-charm-city/#comment-1779 Laundro Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:13:23 +0000 http://www.pragmatik.org/blog/2007/02/moleskine-for-charm-city/#comment-1779 I have to say that Baltimore, while you say is becoming more so, is horrible in the mass transit department. Maybe this is compared to DC, but what is up with the Metro?! It's horrible. Do you know if there are plans of expansion? I hate being car-dependant. I have to say that Baltimore, while you say is becoming more so, is horrible in the mass transit department. Maybe this is compared to DC, but what is up with the Metro?! It’s horrible. Do you know if there are plans of expansion? I hate being car-dependant.

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