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Posts: 12893 (11/01/2009 8:16 PM) |
Can someone explain to me how not to get lost on the subway? I look at the subway map and my head spins because I'm afraid I'll get lost, so I have
chickened out each time I attempt to ride. A coworker of mine got on the subway to head to Brooklyn and ended up in the Bronx and he couldn't find his
way back on the subway to the PABT so he took a cab.
Now DC.. the metro is easy to follow and not get lost. |
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Posts: 12894 (11/01/2009 8:20 PM) |
yes but will it help me get on the right subway train
 I would like to
explore more of NYC not just Times Square.
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Posts: 798 (11/01/2009 8:21 PM) |
Rosie Rathbone wrote:Yeah...I always look online and have to plan my route. I need to know what to do once I get there since I'm not from NYC and don't use the subway that often! |
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Posts: 2386 (11/01/2009 8:22 PM) |
Rosie Rathbone wrote: You can do that for the subway? |
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Posts: 3788 (11/01/2009 8:24 PM) |
Ok, first you have to figure out where in the city you are going. Certain lines run only on certain sides of the city. You really need to study a map of all
the boroughs first before you can fully understand the subway. That is how I learned. For me it just took a lot of time and mistakes.
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Posts: 45985 (11/01/2009 8:25 PM) |
www.hopstop.com is a very good site for figuring out the transit system. Your co-worker wasn't paying attention when he got on the train. Uptown is the
Bronx, Downtown is Brooklyn. The numbers get higher when you go up the get lower when you go down.
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Posts: 18725 (11/01/2009 8:26 PM) |
Grab a map,read your signs and you should be fine. I never got lost. It's not rocket science, just several lines.
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Posts: 341 (11/01/2009 8:26 PM) |
I second hopstop.com. It will tell you what line to get on. Your friend probably got on the right line, but going uptown instead of downtown, so you just have
to pay attention to that.
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Posts: 12895 (11/01/2009 8:27 PM) |
well I want to go to east Village... and fond some good places to shop like Macys.
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Posts: 43691 (11/01/2009 8:28 PM) Most Well-Rounded '02 |
The subway made zero sense to me until I moved here. Now I could get myself pretty much anywhere in my sleep (and I have). Hopstop is a godsend.
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Posts: 12896 (11/01/2009 8:28 PM) |
thanks i will check out hopstop.
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Posts: 45988 (11/01/2009 8:30 PM) |
Macy's isn't too far from Times Square you can walk there.
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Posts: 166987 (11/01/2009 8:33 PM)
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I hate the NYC subway, omg. Never again!
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Posts: 3791 (11/01/2009 8:34 PM) |
Really? Did you have a bad experience? It really is a good way to go during rush hour.
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Posts: 1474 (11/01/2009 9:54 PM) |
Try Hop Stop. Its such a good site. And don't worry too much about getting lost. It's part of the charm of the city lol. If you find yourself lost just
ask the MTA guys or someone on the train. They are usually helpful.
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Posts: 6057 (11/01/2009 9:57 PM) |
Like someone else said, just use google maps. It gives you step by step directions how to get to the subway, where to get on, and where to get off.
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Posts: 2512 (11/01/2009 10:16 PM) |
use hopstop. carry a map on you as well. and nyers are very very helpful just busy so keep asking people for help they wont mind.
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Posts: 167000 (11/01/2009 10:22 PM)
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imcool84 wrote: YES.  I was with Corey (PhillyMusicChick) and Paige (CHIPPOMAN81), and this guy stands up and starts to address everyone, but it was in such a way that it
for SURE sounded like he was about to rob us all. And I've been robbed at gunpoint once before, so it was like this terrifying flashback. And then he
proceeded to ask for money and tell us he has the virus. It was just scary as hale.
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Posts: 45999 (11/01/2009 10:31 PM) |
That would so not phase me and that's way low on the crazy scale of the things I've seen on the NYC subway. I thought you were going to say a rat
attacked you or something.
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Posts: 30408 (11/01/2009 10:32 PM) |
WWW.HOPSTOP.COM
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Posts: 167003 (11/01/2009 10:35 PM)
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LMFAO! It was mostly the "flashback" type fear that made it the worst, and the virus thing.
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