Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 23:55:42 -0500 (EST)
From: dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Urban studies; Ornithology
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

> "Robert MacIntosh" <macbuccfo at msn.com> wrote:
>
> I've heard that it's possible to get all the way to Boston entirely
> on local transit, though it takes a while, and requires detailed
> knowledge of numerous cities' bus and subway systems.  But there's
> still no such city as BosWash, though it has appeared in various SF
> novels.

It once was, but I believe the interurban systems have been allowed to run
down so far that it's no longer feasible.  George Scithers, a trolley fan,
has details on how it was done just bedfofre World War I, if anybody is
curious.

-- Dick Eney