Planes trains and automobiles...but not planes.

Economically, it hurt a lot when I went back to grad school and moved into Philly, but the worst part was selling my truck. Public transportation, for all it's environmental virtue, really sucks. Still, if you stick to city areas, you can get by. I spent the weekend moving my girlfriend from Baltimore to Manhattan. Since cars are even more of a hassle in NYC than Philly, she's sold hers. The actual details of the packing and the move are best forgotten, but here's what my weekend travel looked like:

Local Bus to Bus Station: 2$
Greyhound to Baltimore: 21$
Walk from Bus Station to light Rail: free! (just under a mile)
Light rail to suburbs: ~2$
Walk to girlfriend's apartment: free! (just over a mile)
Driving the U-haul to NYC: 80$ in gas + rental
Ride back from the Bronx U-haul drop-off: free! (thanks to friend)
Subway from Upper East Side to Grand Central: 1/6 of 10$
Walk from Grand Central to Penn Station: free!
New Jersey Transit to Trenton: 11.50$
SEPTA rail to Center City: 7$
Trolly to lab: 2$
Local bus home 2$.

Highlights of the weekend were discovering on the road that the FDR doesn't allow trucks and carrying the sofa up the stairs (it didn't fit in the elevator and took a good 30 minutes of manhandling to get up the stairs and in the apartment).

Anyway, I'll be happy to stay in Philly tomorrow.