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ChineseSpend Black Friday with Southern California Transit Advocates
Photo by neighborhoods.org on Flickr; used with a Creative Commons license
The day after Thanksgiving, known in recent years as Black Friday, has been the time when bovine Americans stampeded to shopping malls and general merchandise stores. Yes, that remark has a kernel of truth.
That was before the alcohol-induced spending binge of most of this decade led to a brief coma and the hangover gripping most Americans. Unfortunately, 70% of our economy depends on people buying crap.
If you do join the herd Friday, remember MetroReaders, keep your money in Los Angeles County. We have to feed the Measure R kitty.
If you choose not to, you can see where the Measure R money goes by joining the Southern California Transit Advocates on its Day After Thanksgiving study tour. This year, Socata’s train-hopping aboard Metrolink. The Socata folks are going to use Family 4-Pack tickets to explore almost every line in one day.
Participants are asked to shake off the tryptophan somnolence and arrive at Union Station by 7:50 a.m.
Have a happy and safe Thanksgiving!
This is Socata’s planned itinerary:
Train 600, Orange County Line
Leave Union Station: 8:00 a.m.
Arrive Orange: 8:46 a.m.
Train 800, Inland Empire/Orange County Line
Leave Orange: 9:32 a.m.
Arrive San Bernardino: 10:50 a.m.
Train 321, San Bernardino County Line
Leave San Bernardino: 11:00 a.m.
Arrive Union Station: 12:30 p.m.
Lunch break, 12:30 p.m.-1:10 p.m.
Train 109, Ventura County Line
Leave Union Station: 1:10 p.m.
Arrive Moorpark: 2:20 p.m.
Train 116, Ventura County Line
Leave Moorpark: 2:30 p.m.
Arrive Glendale: 3:24 p.m.
Train 211, Antelope Valley Line
Leave Glendale: 3:55 p.m.
Arrive Lancaster: 5:35 p.m.
Train 222, Antelope Valley Line
Leave Lancaster: 5:50 p.m.
Arrive Union Station: 7:50 p.m.
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The big box retail Black Friday has been made obsolete by Amazon.com. I’ve never waited for hours outside of a Best Buy to buy a shitty laptop they just want to get rid of and I never will.
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