Urbanist Memes For Train Boys

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
Feb 18, 2023 11:00 AM EST

By all metrics, I should be an urbanist. I grew up in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, one of the worst places to drive in the country. Those two cities are connected by miles and miles of seven-lane highways, making driving in that area a living nightmare. I miraculously didn't get into a car crash when I went to Dallas from Fort Worth because my parents had me take that DART (Dallas Area "Rapid" Transit) train to the city. That was a wise choice. 

For the past few years, I've lived in Columbus, Ohio, which only has a bus system to help carless citizens get around. Don't get me wrong: I loved the COTA bus, but it was only convenient when moving a couple of miles from your starting place. If you want to get to the opposite side of the city, good luck taking the bus! In 2021, the bus didn't even run after 9:30 PM! Not to air out dirty laundry, but that is a crime, I tell you!

Now that I'm residing in the big apple, life is good! I take public transit daily, giving me little to no problems. I'm happy with my life as a carless person in one of the few cities that accommodate that lifestyle. If you've gone on a similar journey from a driving rube to a train enjoyer, you might be an urbanist and hence will love the following urbanist memes. 

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  • 01
    Font - Vinny Thomas @vinn_ayy Nobody is putting gargoyles on buildings anymore. It can't be that much more expensive to slap a gargoyle up there. We used to be a proper country. 0.0
    via @vinn_ayy
  • 02
    Train - tweet davidson @andykreed my brother in tech these are called trains Balaji @balajis 10/8/22 The self-driving car problem will be solved by roads built for self-driving cars. LED 101 FLYING a a
    via @andykreed
  • 03
    Building - therapists: you need to develop a healthy sense of self and invest in self-love and your purpose in this world the world in question: EXXON EXON elf AKA 35A 4271 WAL LEXON M GIFTS & SOUVEN McDonald's
    via New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens
  • 04
    Train - Alex "Tropical" Forrest @380kmh when the train always stops in exactly the same place, the air conditioner always drips in exactly the same place, and a tiny ecosystem is born #TrainTwitter Fin D
    via @380kmh
  • 05
    Product - Queen of the Fall @Czarinahottie People are weird asf! This dude on the train this morning talking about "gimme a piece of your sandwich" i told him no and he said "whats your 1st name? Ima pray that you don't enjoy that sandwich." LINE OUTBO
    via @Czarinahottie
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    Bus - WHAT IF WE KISSED megabus 00000000 Bussy Galore MP007 00000 كله ON THE BUSSY GALORE
    via New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens
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    Font - Aaron Greiner @aaronbgreiner This ruined my day and now it must ruin yours MTA Metro-North Railroad MTA Long Island Rail Road Jesse Spector @jessespector 2d Replying to @travis_robert LIRR and Metro-North can't even agree how to spell railroad
    via @aaronbgreiner
  • 08
    Train - Metrosexuals be like: IMG MILIOS R FILE
    via New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens
  • 09
    Car - "Car enthusiasts" when they have to be around cars
    via New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens
  • 10
    Recipe - Russell @russ_owl Was thinking that I really need the train to come quickly and then saw that someone has installed a little cardboard shrine to Mercury, god of transit (?) in my subway station 1.8 Sea 1.8 TRAVELLER MIECVES W MetroCard L YOUR TRAINS BE ONTE 2:21 PM 10/14/20 Twitter for iPhone 2,607 Retweets 266 Quote Tweets 11.7K Likes
    via @russ_owl
  • 11
    Water - Eastern Europistan 3.0 28m 8 E VIDEOS . X Bulgaristan, a bridge over the highway for bears so they can jump in front of a train without getting hit by a car
    via New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens
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    Product - 21st Century City @urbanthoughts11... @urbanthoughts11 30 people getting coffee. Sprawl vs. urbanism FESTO CAFE Linéraire Ba THAPES RET BUREALTITUS LES DEUX MAGOTS 12:06 PM - 9/25/22 Twitter for iPhone . RESTAURANT ... V
    via @urbanthoughts11
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    Forehead - We can't build lots of affordable housing, the roads will clog up So build more public transport like trams and light rail nearby
    via New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens
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    Organ - Bro this is a different highway expansion bro its a new design it will enhance mobility bro this will fix traffic i swear bro just one more lane please just build it bro it has a boulevard bro there are managed lanes please 3220400 FE PROPOSED NEW ENTRANCE RAMP PROPOSED NEW EXIT RAMP PROPOSED NEW EXIT RAMP -35 NO FRONTAGE RO PROPOSED NEW EXIT RAMP 1-35 NO MANAGED LANES (1-35 58 MANAGED LANES Se EAST CAMPUS ===== (1-35 NB MAINLANES) ==== PROPOSED NEW ENTRANCE RAMP 1-35 NB BYPASS LANES 1-3
    via New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens
  • 15
    World - NEWS POLITICS US NEWS WORLD Original artist behind the toy car town play rug dies at age 97 HH WATCH NOW €13.50
    via New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens
  • 16
    Font - How would you prefer to see this island developed? 100 Houses 100 Apartments اعمال و کر 100% of island used 4% of island used Then why not prefer apartments in your own town? Density saves nature.
    via New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens
  • 17
    Photograph - Wow, a cool city builder is on sale! I'll have countless hours of fun and find new appreciation for city design Wait why is my entire city jammed? Why do people's cars disappear? Couldn't they have made realistic Parking? Car centric infrastructure is unsustainable in the long run and incorporating it realistically into the game would have made it effectively unplayable with no means of expansion. Western society is on the verge of collapse from reckless expansion into isolationist
    via New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens
  • 18
    Gesture - Today's mood: a dramatic goth draped gracefully on an overhead luggage rack on some form of public transport.
    via New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens
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    Infrastructure - I'm watering it thrice per week so it will grow into a usable bike lane It's just a wee one Sto
    via New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens
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    Train - Electric cars are just a stupid grift man, theyre not even that good for the environment So I guess we are just gonna stick with driving our fuel loving cars, deal with it! haha No I know F all
    via New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens
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    Face - God watching his creation of land being turned into a 8 lane highway, walmart, and endless parking lots. @l1minal.s
    via New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens
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    Organism - TEXAS
    via New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens
  • 23
    Building - CHARRINGTON & CO CARLIN TAERY ALES WWE --- HE CARLTON CHARRINGTON'S FELI CHARRINGTON & CO TAVERN SPARKLING ALES FEB EEEEE EEEEE FAMOAIS STOU Image credit: Oxyman/Carlton Tavern An about 100-year-old pub in London was demolished illegally in 2015 by developers. They were then ordered to rebuild it, brick-by- brick. This pub, called Carlton Tavern, was the only building on the street to survive the Blitz during World War II. unbelievable-facts.com
    via New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens
  • 24
    Product - Fujoshi's Island @Dauragon There's a group cosplay of a packed tour bus complete with mic'd up tour guide taking stops around the con lol ORGE'S ALL B 12:31 PM 06 Jan 23 PRINCE GEORGE IBIT HALL
    via @Dauragon
  • 25
    Font - Dan Seljak @anotherglassbox don't call yourself an urbanist until you've been hit by at least one (1) car 9:16 a.m. 28 Jan 23 16.8K Views 13 Retweets 3 Quote Tweets 223 Likes 12
    via @anotherglassbox
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    Building - GESU CHURCH 1940s 2022 KNIGHTS TOWER FIRST METHODIST CHURCH RED ARROW PARK 144 COURT HOUSE MUSEUM CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH Milwaukee, WI @cars.destroyed.our.cities
    via New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens
  • 27
    Sky - OTHO Architectural Revival @Arch_Revi... · 8h A newly built neighbourhood in Georgia, USA 283 14 1,250 Benjamin @KSC3971-3h Looks cute, but where is the yard? Where is the garage? 18.1K Benjamin @KSC3971 24 AJ Kinsey @slick9612 3h Parking outside the town maybe? I think the goal of this is to build the town around people instead of cars. 6 고 296 So, a town stuck in the 19th century?
    via @KSC3971, @slick9612, & @Arch_Revival_

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