Unusually quiet on commuter rail, except for Train 842 from Providence

By adamg on Wed, 11/09/2016 - 8:50am

Sam Sam reports on her ride into town this morning:

Absolutely silent on my CR train this morning. It's like we're all in mourning of the death of someone we know.

She was obviously not on Train 842 out of Sharon around 7:35 a.m. with Rachel Dane, who reports:

So glad there is a @MBTA_CR conductor taunting & berating Clinton supporters on the 7:34 Providence train.

Jason Merkin reports:

Someone was crying on my bus into cambridge this morning.

Christian Stafford adds:

Same here, woman on the 39 bus this morning. Was really sad to watch -- I'm in the same boat as she is.

Jessie reports:

I'm the one crying on the orange line right now.

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Same here in NY

By Scauma on Wed, 11/09/2016 - 9:11am.

Unnervingly quiet on the train this morning, and in the streets, and just in general. Seems like most people are trying to make sense of what happened, even the Trump supporters didn't expect this.

Same thing on the orange line

By anon on Wed, 11/09/2016 - 9:13am.

Same thing on the orange line this morning.

Same thing on the 65 bus

By coffeeweasel on Wed, 11/09/2016 - 9:28am.

n/t

Bike commute

By anon on Wed, 11/09/2016 - 10:07am.

Very subdued. Everyone following the rules, being nice to each other.

Almost as if even Massholes will miss the Rule of Law, so they are sticking to it today.

Absolutely silent on my CR

By Rob on Wed, 11/09/2016 - 10:17am.

Absolutely silent on my CR train

Doesn't that usually mean that the locomotive has broken down?

Mourning in America (stolen from HuffPo)

By Grant Young on Wed, 11/09/2016 - 10:19am.

I remember '72 when Nixon blew out McGovern, '80 when Reagan won, and the '00 fiasco for Shrub. (I'm a late Boomer.) This seems worse right now. It might be subtitled "Collapse of the Elites". I don't think will be fixed through the Democratic Party or any of the nominally progressive institutions. Its going to take mass organizing like Black Lives Matter, Occupy Wall Street, and Fight for 15. Time for the next generation to step up. Its their future on the line.

I'd say, "Don't Mourn, Organize" but that's kind of a trite response right now. it just hurts so much right now. But I have a clue now as to what I'll be doing in "retirement".

I was just in France and I think the same dynamic is at play there. The changes that the EU has brought to France has pissed off my generation, but the kids are way more open to diversity and a global future. That gives me hope.

Demographics is destiny. Take heart, the world IS changing for the better but the path is never smooth.

Elites

By anon on Wed, 11/09/2016 - 1:00pm.

You mean grownups - the ones who are paying all the bills and not throwing tantrums.

https://wallethub.com/edu/states-most-least-dependent-on-the-federal-gov...

Mood in the office is silent

By MikeBoston on Wed, 11/09/2016 - 12:58pm.

I work for a non-profit that as an agency, works very closely with many marginalized and most vulnerable among us, along with co-workers that are very reflective the populations we serve. Some tears, lots of stunned silence and general feeling of palpable angst over a very real threat of a rollback of social progress that has improved the outcomes for so many of our society.

So, Boston is treating 11/9

By anon on Wed, 11/09/2016 - 10:42am.

So, Boston is treating 11/9 is like 9/11?

it feels like 80% of the

By anon on Wed, 11/09/2016 - 10:44am.

it feels like 80% of the financial district took a mental health day. the commute both drive and T portions were quiet. Managed to keep it together on the T. Barely.

1980

By Daniel on Wed, 11/09/2016 - 11:02am.

I remember taking the 66 bus the morning after Reagan was elected. The same mood of disbelief and despair. It was unimaginable that the country could elect this second-rate actor.

My son is the same age now as

By oddjob60 on Wed, 11/09/2016 - 12:26pm.

My son is the same age now as I was when Reagan was elected: 15. One of the thoughts consoling me today is the belief that over the next 35 years he will also see the pendulum swing back-- and quicker this time, I hope.

Similar situation

By anon on Wed, 11/09/2016 - 1:30pm.

My son is the same age (18) that my husband was in 1980. They were texting until 2am about it.

One difference is that most of the country doesn't have as much to hang on to as they did in 1980.

Another is that Reagan had actually run a country-sized state before.

Ah yes, 1980. Just before the scourge of the MBA graduates

By roadman on Wed, 11/09/2016 - 6:04pm.

who were taught "The only thing that matters is short term PROFITS, PROFITS, and more PROFITS" - no matter how minimal they may be or how attaining them may eventually ruin your company in the long term - began destroying corporate America.

And the fact we now have a President-elect who was more than likely taught that same philosophy doesn't exactly instill me with confidence as we move forward.

Not really.

By CT on Wed, 11/09/2016 - 4:12pm.

I remember that feeling when Reagan won. It was such a set-back after progressive, Christian Jimmy Carter. I remember thinking Reagan is going to undo so much of what is good in this country. And he did. Deregulation, income inequality, regressive taxation... It got worse and it stayed worse. Clinton made a few repairs, while getting pelted by the white power boys, then W ripped us off, starting war by lying to us, sowing the seeds of ISIS, and then he set the stage for the Great Recession. Obama pulled us out of that and did what he could to clean up the mess and get us back on track but the white power boys fought him every step of the way. So no, I'm not feeling right now that the pendulum has done much swinging.