why santiago > dc

Public transportation is SO FAST here. It's absolutely incredible. I have to take the micro (which is what they call the bus here because Chileans have weird names for normal things) and the metro to my university, but the long commute is bearable because I have never had to wait more than 30 seconds for either of them. They're always magically there whenever I need them.

Granted, the awesome public transportation is not a very well-kept secret. It's always PACKED with tons of people (none of whom understand how good they have it because they've never waited for a red line train for 20 minutes at 3 am). But even when there's absolutely no way that I can fit myself onto a packed metro train, there's always another one in less than a minute so it's never a problem.

All of you who are spending the semester cursing the track maintenance and the AU shuttle, be jealous. And please don't remind me that I'm going to have a rude awakening when I get back to the District.