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Why the US can't have nice things

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I try not to write about the social media outrage of the day, but the one from yesterday was about bus stops in LA. Two things dear to my heart. I love buses and I love LA, and recently spent two weeks without a car in south LA. If you haven’t followed it, yesterday LA city officials proudly announced the unveiling of a new “shade and lighting” thingamajig, named La Sombrita, to address rider complaints. You can see the tweet here: Not surprisingly, Twitter did its thing and roundly mocked La Sombrita, pointing out that it’s a sad provider of both light and shade. I mean, just look at it. At best it provides shade for one person, maybe, and as many people pointed out, imagine the fights over who gets to use the sometimes single sliver of shade. As for the light, I’m not sure how this is better, or any different, than your standard street lamp? Then there was the issue of cost, and the whole wrapping it in the issue of gender equity. The latter was because it was found from a poll that

Why the US can't have nice things A rant on bus stops Chris Arnade May 20, 2023 413 96 53 Share I try not to write about the social media outrage of the day, but the one from yesterday was about bus stops in LA. Two things dear to my heart. I love buses and I love LA, and recently spent two weeks without a car in south LA . If you haven’t followed it, yesterday LA city officials proudly announced the unveiling of a new “shade and lighting” thingamajig, named La Sombrita, to address rider complaints. You can see the tweet here: Not surprisingly, Twitter did its thing and roundly mocked La Sombr

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