I hate the L train

Everyone has been riding the L train since the once affordable Williamsburg turned into an artisanal  melting pot of yuppies and hipsters. And although there are many things wrong with the neighborhood, nothing will stray my anger away from the L train.

This train has absolutely no middle-ground. It’s either extremely packed or completely empty and no matter what time of the day it is, there will be drunk people on it. Whether it’s a rooftop party or a speakeasy hangout or just simply brunch, you can be assured that not only are all participants going to be drunk, but they probably will show up drunk because everyone in Williamsburg pregames…and then they all end up on the train.

And I don’t even live on the L line – fortunately. I can’t imagine the poor soul that has to commute all the way to the end of line while battling bearded white tourists and basic bitches from Virginia desperately trying to act like New Yorkers. It’s not like the train is running express and will get you to your stop in 20 minutes. That only happens if you live off of the Bedford or Lorimer stop and even then the train will make stops that are literally two blocks apart. Just yesterday it was crazy delayed in morning rush hour again – just a typical day for L train commuters.

The worst part is you have no other options. What other train are you going to take? The M? The G? I haven’t seen a G train in over two years. It’s like that train went extinct as the L train took over. So when the train is delayed for 20 to 30 minutes you literally can’t do shit about it.

And as soon as the train hooks you in and you finally get used to taking this crowded hipster-mobile, they announce that the train will be out of service for a very long time. So good luck to everyone who now has to share the M train with the L train crowd because it’s going to turn into one huge artisanal mess.