30th Street — Local services in Philadelphia

Living on the West Coast for the vast majority of my little life, I have been robbed of the simple pleasure that is using the train as a regular form of transportation.

This station and Moynihan Station in nyc have been my 2nd home lately, as I have a budding love interest that lives in the Big P. Well the love interest is pretty budded at this point, but that will be a review for another day.

One of my favorite things about the train is I can show up 2 minutes before, dead sprint through 30th Street Station with the beautiful art deco architecture and 95 foot ceilings looking down on me, and still make my train. I don't have to go 2 hours early like I am going to an airport smh.

While I may have a bit of a train biased due to being a HUGE Atlas Shrugged fan growing up, I have come to truly love the train for what it is. It's a long period of time where you can just check out of life for a bit in the best way possible. I find this smooth ride while looking at the Northeastern Landscape of the United States just has me reflective, calm, and inspired. I'm not wishing I was somewhere else, doing something else, I am just here. I am present. I am not in a rush, because how could I be in a rush? Me being in a rush wont change the speed of this mf train.

Sometimes on the ride I will just write in my journal as I feel creative energy flowing through me. Other times I will just sit with my chorded apple headphones jammed in my ears thinking about how grateful I am to be here and to be alive, or thinking other random things like how much I love those sugar cookies that have the little christmas trees on them lol. But some rides, like this one I am on back to nyc right now, I will whip out my laptop and CRANK away at these dumb, meaningless reviews because they bring me so much joy. I'm really just selfish af at the end of the day.

All this to say, my dear reader, that a long train ride has come out of the WOODWORKS to reach the top 15 of my simple pleasures list, just above putting on an oversized hoodie fresh out of the dryer on a cold day and just below sitting near a big window with a hot americano in hand with some heavy, but non windy, snow falling calmly outside.

THANK YOU AMTRAK!

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the man working near the regional rail turnstiles was so rude. i was on the regional rail coming from lansdale, the train was incredibly busy due to the eagles game so after i paid the guy working in the train forgot to give me my exit ticket since he was in a hurry, after my stop the workers stopped charging people since the train became so packed people had to stand.

at my stop, 30th st station, i went down the stairs and the man in front of me who also came out of my train obviously didn’t get an exit ticket and jumped the turnstiles. i didn’t want to jump so i told the workers i didn’t get an exit ticket and asked politely if they could let me through. the man standing by the turnstiles started raising his voice at me and aid “so you didn’t pay.” i explained the train was busy but i paid in cash but the worker forgot to give me my ticket. he started interrogating me like i was a child asking me how much the ticket was. i told him 8 dollars since i paid in cash he goes “8 dollars?!?!” in disbelief and then asked where i came from i said lansdale and he goes “lansdale” in that same tone and kept accusing me of not paying. he finally let me through because someone else was asking for help but i’m confused why it was a big issue? would it have been better if i had jumped the turnstile like the man in front of me? why was it my fault the workers in the train stopped giving out exit tickets. this man was scolding me like he was my parent which he had no right to do especially after letting the man in front of me just pass.

the customer service at septa has always been mediocre but the attitude and demeaning way this man was talking down at me was just unacceptable and honestly i never want to take the...

3oth Street station can be a bit confusing. When you arrive there are several ways to enter the station on all 4 sides of the building. Septa customer service is located next to the rental car reservation station. You have to walk up the ramp to the left to reach the septa trains.There are machines to pay your septa fare if you pay on the train you will pay more. Amtrak is literally right in the main section and easy to spot. I always see people sleeping in the lobby or in a long line at the Amtrak station. Be careful.about sleeping here bring a blanket and pillow also sanitizer .There are homeless people who lounge here daily. There are fairly good food options average price for nice spots $10- $13 for lunch ,snacks $3-$5 .Fast food $5-$6 hoagies $8-$10. Coffee tea $3-$5. There is a Gnc and a sports bar.. There are some places I would not trust eating from so I stick to the franchise food establishment. If your picking up a rental car ,the rental cars are located in the basement type parking lot. You must take a escalator or elevator. There are plenty of cab's available most of the time. .There are two bathrooms homeless people wash up in the bathrooms the staff tries to keep it clean as possible. If you see a person in need try and be kind with a smile. They have a nice large outdoor patio type lounge eating area .I have seen food trucks there and...