I remember being on a plane to Indianapolis about some 15 years ago, and a fellow passenger told me that we in Atlanta had a great transit system. He came from a city with NO transit to speak of.
I thought about telling him of all of our system's shortcomings: How it didn't go enough places; how it was limited to only two counties because of bigotry among some who live outside of the city (really, what other reason was there?); because it catered to those who had no option rather than trying to be an option for those who had them.
Instead of all that airing of dirty laundry, being a Southern boy who was "raised right" by my momma I just smiled and said "Thank you. I'm glad you like it."
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