What a cold morning! -3 degrees while waiting for the bus this morning. I had my wool socks on which was good for standing in morning frost for about 10min. At least it wasn't raining today. Yes, I take public transit frequently to and from work. The ride is about 30-45min which isn't too bad; however, the bus is not the most glorious or enjoyable mode of transportation.
Picture of RDN bus taking me to work just after 9am. |
While pondering this I recalled how I felt the same way with our new mail-boxes that we got a while ago back in 2010. At first I thought they were a bit of an eyesore as well. Then I realized they were not getting vandalized nearly as much as the plane red ones that we had previously which in turn saves money! In fact I did some research and it was estimated that graffiti on mail-boxes cost over $30,000 in Montreal alone to clean up. I don't know what Nanaimo pays in cleaning up graffiti, but if this is a way to save money I am all for it since we could use money in other areas such as healthcare or education.
Photo I found online to demonstrate the mailboxes we now have here. |
Interesting thought, I bet they don't get as much writing and grafitti on those colourful bus seats.
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