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[Andy Partridge]

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[rockpants]

Public transportation in my city is a joke. Last buses run at about 6pm - and that only matters if it's going where you actually need it to. After that, you're left to cab it, try to get a ride, bike it, or walk. Which, despite my city being stretched out north-south (with the Trans-Canada "belt" through the middle), is what a lot of people do. I've done it myself. Nearly 4 hours, and I'm a quick walker (who stopped at every Tim Horton's along the way). Biking is very dangerous here as we have few bike lanes, and only intermittent ones on the main arteries. As for regional transport, getting to Vancouver from the Fraser Valley means a Greyhound. No other options exist. There's a group (which I support) pushing for light rail to at least the Surrey/Langley border, but it's a hard sell to those currently in charge.

We do have a lot of horses here, but they only tend to be ridden on the country roads out near the farms that surround the city (mostly by young women, I find) when not on designated walking trails by the rivers, and are only readily accessible to people who have money to throw around. As romantic as it sounds to have horses all over the place, even the handfuls 'round these parts produce enough shit to make you reconsider. So much fuss about dog owners not picking up after their pups, but horses are the damned worst. Just a northward flick of the tail, and plippity-plop-poop-poop, their riders none the wiser. Jerks!