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Whats different here in US - 2

At last the day has arrived. I got my laptop. I am living normal life now in US. So continuing here with my series....

The public transport in this part of US is absolutely excellent (I heard a lot of complaint from my US friends that they dont have public tranport in their part of US). We have buses and subway trains flowing almost everytime. The maximum waiting time on peak hours (Office going hours) is 10 minutes. The buses and trains have AC and you have better seats.

You cannot walk freely as you do in India. Its restricted. So one has to either use public transport or own a car. The nearest shop you could have from your resedential area is about 1.5 miles although it may vary.

The home here has carpets in the floor and not a mosaic or tile. This is primarily, as I heard from my friends, for the winter season. I will update about winter here once I experience it.

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Anonymous said…
You are right.... the floor is covered with carpets and the many parts of the houses are made with wood. This is to avoid over cooling during winter (also during icy condition).

You will get to know about this in freezing -10 or -20 degree celcius ( 0 to 20 Fahrenheit).

This also helps to avoid over heating during Peak summer.

What Laptop you have got? IBM, Dell, or ???

-- T.J.Hariprasad
Thursday, July 20, 2006 9:38:00 AM
Anonymous said…
You are right.... the floor is covered with carpets and the many parts of the houses are made with wood. This is to avoid over cooling during winter (also during icy condition).

You will get to know about this in freezing -10 or -20 degree celcius ( 0 to 20 Fahrenheit).

This also helps to avoid over heating during Peak summer.

What Laptop you have got? IBM, Dell, or ???

-- T.J.Hariprasad
Thursday, July 20, 2006 9:38:00 AM
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