I always wondered where the "skeleton in the closet" phrase came from (everything I can find says "origin unknown", though it appears to have first been spotted about two hundred years ago). It wouldn't surprise me if its origin story were a very literal one!
I love ferries too! Which is partly why I invented a world in Silver whose transport is based entirely around ferries (and walking). Alas, I've never lived anywhere real where ferries are a regular thing.
Also, they really never pull to the side for ambulances in Chicago? Even here in Boston, with all its notoriously aggressive drivers, you can generally count on them to be respectful for ambulances.
They can be a daily thing if you want to move here and then live on one of the islands, but I imagine the slowness and the relative expense (though you can get passes) soon make it seem like any other kind of commute. Is Silver set in an island chain or something similar?
You're supposed to pull over for ambulances in Chicago and I know (now) that people try to, the trouble is that if you're on a busy street the effect is often borderline unnoticeable, especially if the road has parking allowed on it as well -- there's just no place to go. Being in a place with both emptier roads and fewer cars, they could all pull to the side without much problem so it was much easier to notice.
Yes, it's set on a series of islands, and the main island has a long river running north and south. There's a whole lot of water imagery, not that my world-building is heavy-handed or anything. ;)
That makes a sense about cars not having room to pull over; I've seen that often enough in the more crowded parts of Boston. We live in a suburb that has a little more breathing room, though not so spaced-out that we can't walk anywhere. Of course, that also means that other than busses, there's not really much public transportation that reaches out this far, ferries or otherwise.
Yes, it's set on a series of islands, and the main island has a long river running north and south. There's a whole lot of water imagery, not that my world-building is heavy-handed or anything. ;)
That makes a sense about cars not having room to pull over; I've seen that often enough in the more crowded parts of Boston. We live in a suburb that has a little more breathing room, though not so spaced-out that we can't walk anywhere. Of course, that also means that other than busses, there's not really much public transportation that reaches out this far, ferries or otherwise.
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Also, they really never pull to the side for ambulances in Chicago? Even here in Boston, with all its notoriously aggressive drivers, you can generally count on them to be respectful for ambulances.
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You're supposed to pull over for ambulances in Chicago and I know (now) that people try to, the trouble is that if you're on a busy street the effect is often borderline unnoticeable, especially if the road has parking allowed on it as well -- there's just no place to go. Being in a place with both emptier roads and fewer cars, they could all pull to the side without much problem so it was much easier to notice.
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That makes a sense about cars not having room to pull over; I've seen that often enough in the more crowded parts of Boston. We live in a suburb that has a little more breathing room, though not so spaced-out that we can't walk anywhere. Of course, that also means that other than busses, there's not really much public transportation that reaches out this far, ferries or otherwise.
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That makes a sense about cars not having room to pull over; I've seen that often enough in the more crowded parts of Boston. We live in a suburb that has a little more breathing room, though not so spaced-out that we can't walk anywhere. Of course, that also means that other than busses, there's not really much public transportation that reaches out this far, ferries or otherwise.
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