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Originally Posted by dropdeaded209
why do new yorkers put up with this? isn't it supposed to be a city where everyone demands the best and that's why they pay more for almost everything? why do people who live in the city tolerate this nonsense?
i'm genuinely curious--or is the MTA back in working order now?
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Unfortunately, ignorance. I work with a lot of people who have had hellish commutes the past 2-3 days, and none of them had ever even heard of the Portal Bridge. When people don't know what the actual root cause is, then it's easy for politicians to promise to fix it, not do anything, and claim they fixed it or pass blame. Or because people don't know what the root cause is, they don't know where to focus their frustration.
Of course, if something is making your life significantly worse on a daily basis, it wouldn't kill them to pull their phones out while their train is delayed 2-3 hours and figure out what's going on, but that's just me.