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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MightyAlweg: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Ocala Mike: [qb] At the risk of being accused of stating the very obvious, it happens, MightyAlweg, that rail stations are actually located IN cities where, naturally, people congregate, while airports are out in the "wide open spaces". Love Henry's post, topped only by the quote of the week for me (and I'm not even Catholic): “How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure but it is news when the stock market loses two points?” - Pope Francis [/qb][/QUOTE]I understand that Union Station is right downtown. So is the Marriot Hotel, but there aren't foul smelling homeless guys saying profanities in the Marriot lobby. And the Marriot isn't nearly as gorgeous or as important to the civic good as Union Station is. But the Marriot pays security guards to keep mentally ill homeless men from camping out in their lobby. Amtrak and Metrolink apparently do not. There are plenty of homeless in the suburbs too. But I've never known an American airport to allow homeless folks to camp out in the terminals, much less the very smelly and profane homeless. Even before the TSA existed. [b]Ocala Mike[/b] , if you and [b]Mr. Kisor[/b] are saying that that any customer who now wishes to travel on Amtrak should silently put up with a permeating urine smell and multiple homeless people sharing station lounge seating with you (of various strong odors and profanity), then I will note that new prerequisite for train travel and weigh that into my future travel plans. Personally, I find the homeless factor in this customer service equation to be more of a downer than the ornery and/or sullen service from the Business Class car attendants and ticket agents. So it would seem to be a factor for other potential customers of Amtrak as well. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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