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...time for the interview, and booked me a ticket on the Delta shuttle. I saw her point—the “high-speed” Acela can only travel an average of 85 miles per hour. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, a close friend of mine from high school was landing at Shanghai Pudong Airport for his semester abroad. He bought a ticket for the brand-new Maglev train from Pudong to the center of the city, covering a distance of twenty miles in seven minutes...
...speed trains in this equation will shorten travel time and be a boon to long-term economic growth and the environment. If we are wise enough to embrace high-speed rail, foreign tourists will one day travel through this country and feel the same sense of wonderment that my friend did on his first day in Shanghai...
Well, technically, I did. My budget is self-imposed, after all. But like my newly carless friend, I feel strongly about the imposition. Everywhere I look, I am reminded of the bad economy. I was in the grocery store the other day (no longer Gourmet Garage), and there was an old woman working behind the counter. She must have been 75 - her hands were shaky. She shouldn't have to have a job. Will that - or a version of that - be me? Right now, I've got money for a new subway pass, it's true...
...phone. I still eat out a fair amount. Alcohol and desserts, I am being reminded, are pricey. My biggest nonrent expense by far, though, is travel. It all seems justified: twice to Pittsburgh to help my grandmother pack up her house and move, once to Miami for a good friend's 30th birthday. But it adds...
...other day, a friend who is considering moving to a cheaper apartment in a worse neighborhood to save money said she finally understands the sacrifices our parents made. That made me think about how there's a difference between giving something up (I haven't had cable TV in more than a year, but really, what am I missing?) and sacrifice. For the first time that I've noticed, my generation is becoming familiar with that second concept...