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As it turns out it doesn't actually cost that much on regular transit, there's an AIRPORT SURCHARGE because it's an "airport train".

No wonder Americans don't use public transit, even when the system exists it's ridiculously difficult and expensive to use.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (11 children)

Here in Kansas City our transit was free for the past four years.

The downer is that, since we subsidized the public transit here in the city, the various suburbs opted to stop funding the routes that went into their various towns and cities, so now fares are going to be re-introduced.

At least the streetcar is going to remain free here, for now, and likely through 2026 due to the World Cup.

[–] h0rnman 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Olathe and OP are two big reasons we can't have anything nice here. The streetcar is staying on the Missouri side only (at least for now) so I'm hopeful it'll stay free.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

You're not wrong. Those two cities love their cars and their shitty chain stores.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

goddamn you know you live in a fucked up society when the missouri side of your city is the more progressive.

[–] h0rnman 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah. To be fair, those 2 cities represent the worst in yuppie suburbanism and "i got mine" mentality, so the bar for comparison is really low

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is more of a "city vs suburb" issue than the difference between 2 adjacent states.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

eh, I just despise missouri more for having to live there repeatedly. not that kansas is utopia, but living in missouri was uniquely depressing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

missouri was uniquely depressing

It's why some people pronounce it as "misery"

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