atheistswillrule - and as far as your comment on the other topic for today about me not being educated....typical

just what I would expect form someone from CH. "I'm so much smarter than you with my PHD's...blah....blah....blah"

if you only knew who you were talking to....

some of us went and got useful educations

Why would I drive to Hillsborough wait on the train to CH then wait to return then drive home when I can drive to CH in half the time. My time is worth more than playing on the train

Thats the problem all mass transit needs to address, not yours specifically, but transit times need to be improved drastically. Implement some express routes, beef up service during peak times, etc. Adding an Amtrack station in Hillsborough unfortunatley will add time to the Raleigh to Charlotte run. You can't stop in every town on every route, it just takes too long, which turns people off. Check out an Amtrack fare as well as its transit time ......it costs nearly the same as flying, but takes as long or longer than driving your own car. What fool would do that. On top of that, Amtrack stations are not very customer friendly, have limited parking,and are just WAY behind the times. You have to make it so people want to use your service, or at least make an effort, which isn't being done at all now

the rest of us who actually work for a living and don't sit around talking about how many PHD's we have could care less about you little "town" you have made there. OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU STUPID POLOCIES!

CH writes, makes, and ratifies laws that tax, toll, and force the rest of this county to pay for your little pet project that continually fail and suck money from tax payer.

LIFELONG ORANGE COUNTY NATIVE

"IF" Hillsborough were to sometime in this half of the century get an Amtrak station. Hillsborpugh and Orange Co. would see a revenue increase. Unfortunately this tax is a sham

Your presumption "that people will appreciate more than what they have to pay for" the people have to know it's available and have access to it to appreciate it (The Northern and Southwestern parts of the county). If you don't live in Hillsborough or Chapel Hill it is of absolutely no use.

I live in the Northern part of the county and need to go to CH. Why would I drive to Hillsborough wait on the train to CH then wait to return then drive home when I can drive to CH in half the time. My time is worth more than playing on the train

Lifelong NC native here and proud Chapel Hill resident for over 30 years now. I am so proud of our town and our county standing up and doing what is right. When Sen. Helms said don't spend money on the zoo, just put a fence around Chapel Hill, we were HONORED, because it proved that we stood up against everything he represented. And of course we still have the highest number of PHD's in the USA. We have a lovely town with verdant landscapes and don't allow strip malls to mar out landscape. In short we respect human rights, natural beauty and education. And our home values are the highest in the state. Not so bad for such a horrible place huh?

atheistswillrule

all that hot air you just got through expelling does not mean a hill of beans to me. I have to pay a tax for something that I do not use, have no access to, and did not agree with.

I am sick and tired of CH thinking they know everything (just like u) and what is best for everyone.