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Reading Environment

Daily Words 2013. 5. 11. 11:14

I’ve always preferred public transit over driving myself.

I always thought that it was because I simply disliked driving.

I know that I also can read or play games while sitting in a public transit, and I thought these two were the main reasons why I prefer public transit over driving.

But then I discovered that there is something more.

What I enjoyed was the crowd that read.

When I am in subways, I find myself in the middle of so many people reading, and that is extremely comforting. That’s an experience difficult to find in a bus because there is simply more room to stand, especially here in SF.

But in Bart, there are so many readers and I find the environment very much comforting.

I found this the same in Seoul recently. With all the DMBs and smartphones, there are fewer readers in subways in Seoul, and I found it distracting. I didn’t find the subway ride as comforting as I used to. Everyone had the DMB antenna sticking out of their mobile phones, to watch whatever TV shows were on air.


I respect the readers and I prefer being in some reading environment.

This reminds me that I should visit local library to get my library card soon.

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