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Outstanding Transportation
Those of us who regularly use public transit in the San Diego metropolitan area know that this award is not merely undeserved -- it is ridiculous. Those of us who have tried public transit in other metropolitan areas, such as San Francisco, Atlanta, and Washington, DC -- to name just a few -- know that San Diego's public transit system is not only one of the most dysfunctional in the US, but at the same time also imposes on its riders among the most expensive fares in the country. One who wishes to function successfully in this city would have to be a fool to rely on the MTS system, because without a car, he or she is at a great disadvantage using MTS to reach all but the most central destinations. And don't even think about trying to get anywhere in North County, which has a separate transit system.— October 26, 2009 4:18 a.m.
Interest in the Sky
To expand somewhat on bvstaples's correction of the glaring errors in this article, of the astronomical objects referred to as constellations by the author, NONE are constellations. Regulus is not a constellation, but rather is the brightest of numerous stars -- actually a multiple star system composed of four stars -- in the constellation Leo. Orion's Belt is not a constellation, but consists of three super-giant stars named Mintaka, Alnilam, And Alnitak among the numerous stars that make up the constellation Orion. Finally, the Milky Way is neither a constellation nor part of a constellation, but is the spiral galaxy in which our solar system is embedded. It can be seen (wherever it is not obscured by light pollution) as a cloudy band that stretches across the entire sky. The cloudy band is the small portion of our galaxy that we are able to see edge-on from Earth. Several constellations can be seen within the Milky Way. Seems to me the editors at the Reader should take greater care to avoid publishing such misinformation, even when furnished by its "stringers."— September 7, 2009 3:57 a.m.