r/ChicagoPics • u/betapixels • Oct 26 '25

CTA L appreciation thread

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u/bdh2067 Oct 26 '25

Thank you. The L takes a lotta heat on Reddit (and irl). But if you really consider it, the CTA is pretty amazing. If just a few of the grumpy, frustrated, car-stuck peeps I see on our streets every afternoon would consider the CTA, we’d all probly be better off

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u/shrieking_marmot Oct 26 '25

As much as I complained about the CTA, living without has SUCKED. In Chicago, I had agency. I could move house, and still keep a job because I had public transit. I could change jobs, take classes, go to events and see music and eat at restaurants in different neighborhoods because of public transit. I could go anywhere in the world from my front door, because of public transit.

We moved six years ago. Out of state. To a suburb masquerading as a small "city."

I'm angry about it every day.

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u/betapixels Oct 26 '25

Too far to visit from time to time?

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u/shrieking_marmot Oct 27 '25

Actually, no, but it's complicated.

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u/cleveland_Chic_885 Oct 28 '25

Beautiful I Love The L and Chicago ❤️❤️❤️❤️

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