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PhillyMila215 t1_iwo6vxv wrote

Reply to Thanks to everyone that introduced me to using the MARC train for my DC work commute! by cherrychampagnetoast

I take MARC every day. It does give you time back. It is less stressful. But on the bad days, it makes me angry. The excuses - late arriving equipment, waiting on an open track, it’s very hot we have to move slow, mechanical issues, on and on and on.

Good luck, enjoy a podcast or whatever makes you happy!

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STrRedWolf t1_iwnsz4z wrote

Reply to Thanks to everyone that introduced me to using the MARC train for my DC work commute! by cherrychampagnetoast

MARC is worth it. At the time I was taking it (Odenton/Baltimore) it was $162/month, while parking was at least $200/month, plus the coffee at Odenton was worth going down there instead of up to BWI. The time I spent not driving was spent writing my first novel.

Now, the office is closed up, my job now officially 100% Work-From-Home. The coffee shop is gone, sold to another person who swapped the coffee out for crap.

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No-Success7693 t1_iwnq2h7 wrote

Reply to comment by saltysomadmin in Making Baltimore look good on the Internet by perceptron-addict

On one level, it's a serious uphill battle just because of the hard line drawn between city and county.

Many other cities would also look awful statistically if they had never been able to annex their inner suburbs.

In many other locations, a metropolitan area like Baltimore's would also have some of its higher-crime areas located in a completely different jurisdiction (think Philly/Camden, NYC/Newark, DC/crappy parts of PG, etc.)

Instead, they're all grouped together in one municipality, with little statistical counterbalance from inner suburbs.

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