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I think I found a rough barometer to measure how upbeat or relaxed a major city is.

Look at the speed of the information scrolling or changing on next stop displays in your modern subway or other transit vehicle. Changing quickly like #NYC is an upbeat city while slow scrolling like #Vancouver is a relaxed city.

Where does your city fit in? #transit #trains #city #Boston #Seattle @citylife

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[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I thought this was going to be about how dead the subway car looks in that photo

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Or how much like a torture chamber

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

It's easier to hose down the stainless in both places. There's a lot of piss and spilled coffee and rat shit that they don't want in the cushions.

[–] ByteSorcerer@beehaw.org 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We have only old buses and trams with no information displays or announcements. We figure out where our stop is by either counting stops, following along on a navigation app, or looking out of the window to try to figure out where you are if you know the area well enough. So where would we fit in on this scale?

[–] frizzo@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

Looking out the window, Literal hell.

[–] manucode 3 points 1 week ago

What about metro cars that have actual screens, e.g. in Berlin?

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Not gonna say where I am for obvious reasons, but it's relaxed enough on the busses where I live. The information changes not quickly, but not super slow either. Kinda middle of the road.