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Re: "The Metro is no subway"

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From: Robert Coe
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 1996 00:00
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On Sat, 29 Jun 1996 13:02:10 GMT, rex@access.digex.net (Rex) wrote:
: The reason they "try" not to use stairs, is because the stations are
: so deep, that half of the population wouldn't be able to use them.
: It is much quicker to get into and out of NYC stations.  They have
: stairs, but they are right under the street (or over the street).

Shall I infer that you've never been to, say, 168th St in Manhattan or
Smith-9th on the Culver Line?  ;^)
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From: bob@1776.COM (Robert Coe)
Subject: Re: "The Metro is no subway"
Date: 1996/07/01
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