One more reason to envy Sweden

[Gota]

I dont care why Louisiana has no subways.

[smoth]

then don't ask about them.

[Gota]

I was just joking about your bitter sounding comment about how the pretty walls of the subways in the pictures are eventually gonna be ugly.

[smoth]

wasn't bitter, was saying what it is going to be like lickity split. Those pictures make it to be cleaner than it is. In reality subways are dirty and ugly.

[Soul]

all that art and textural roofing is going to be covered with dirt and grime in a few decades it will not be as pretty forever.

Beauty seldom lasts forever, statues as well as flowers wither, people age and passion dwindles.

Many great philosophers state that beauty is per definition fleeting, though i can not agree fully with this since i can think of beautifull things that , if not forever lasting, do last for a very long time.
Such as the starry sky above our heads or the mountains under our feet.
Waterfalls tumbeling down into a crystal clear lake or the seamingly endless cycle of seasons.

However they probably meant that most beautifull things are those that don't linger but that bloom for a moment only to forever fade away from everywhere but in our minds.

I'm sure that most of these art pieces will be dusted of and well maintained, and when they, in a few decades, lose their beauty i am sure many are willing to paint something new over the old.

Young artists will always want publicity and this is a way for the state to promote and help young artists to show their work to the populance.

And at the same time the art will lift the mood of the commuters, art and beauty has many good psychological effects to their audience.

[smoth]

That sort of philosophical musing is old hat soul.

[Soul]

That sort of philosophical musing is old hat soul.

Perhaps, but the other benefits still apply even for someone that doesn't appreciate art, its good for young artists, and it certainly brightens the mood of the commuters more then a cold sterile concrete/cave enviorment would.

[knorke]

fuck yeah subways
Whenever I pass by that escalator its broken, must be all the fat people or something.

[Gota]

Subways!!

[Cheesecan]

Subways!!

[SinbadEV]

We have some really cool tunnel systems under both the High School I attended and one of the Universities that's in my home town... but I haven't been able to find any good websites on the subject...

[Wombat]

Subways!!

problem with these is that the real ones never look like this

[Johannes]

If they did half of it would fall out when you squeese it

[SinbadEV]

If they did half of it would fall out when you squeese it

Apparently your supposed to only unwrap the end of your sandwich while you are eating it to ensure that it stays put together/doesn't leak all over.

[Gota]

Those sandwiches have make up...
food makeup artists...

[Satirik]

In reality subways are dirty and ugly.

wrong, the subway here is pretty clean (and not because the people here are nice)

[KaiserJ]

cool tunnel systems

http://infiltration.org/

[SinbadEV]

cool tunnel systems

http://infiltration.org/

Mine is not listed... likely because it is not abandoned, in active use and located on private property.

[Panda]

all that art and textural roofing is going to be covered with dirt and grime in a few decades it will not be as pretty forever.

Beauty seldom lasts forever, statues as well as flowers wither, people age and passion dwindles.

Many great philosophers state that beauty is per definition fleeting, though i can not agree fully with this since i can think of beautifull things that , if not forever lasting, do last for a very long time.
Such as the starry sky above our heads or the mountains under our feet.

The starry sky is still very dynamic. The star in the north east sky, Capella, is very pretty because it looks like it streams colors due to it's location on the horizon and stars' tendency to rotate plane polarized light (or sparkling, but this is really cool when you think about the fact that bio-luminescent beetles do something similar to that). I think that the patterns of change are lovely, even if, sometimes, they're not always classically pretty.

That sort of philosophical musing is old hat soul.

Perhaps, but the other benefits still apply even for someone that doesn't appreciate art, its good for young artists, and it certainly brightens the mood of the commuters more then a cold sterile concrete/cave enviorment would.

I agree that it is still pleasant.

[Caydr]

That's nothing. Japan's sewer system.