BART

This past summer I've traveled to San Francisco and Berkeley several times through the most reliable transportation and least expensive way- BART. Every time I witness something interesting, something new, something strange. As you just sit there on BART there's really not much to do but observe your surroundings. Realize how diverse your surroundings are. There's the man who falls asleep after a long day at work, the couple who cannot take their eyes nor their lips off of each other, the family who just finished watching a baseball game, a teenager staring at their phone as if it's their best friend, a woman quietly reading a book, and so many other people doing different things. BART is always busy, always alive, always full of people from different cities, countries, ethnicities, and backgrounds. Though the BART stations aren't the prettiest, there are unusual smells everywhere, the seats are not the cleanest, and there are a lot of the less fortunate around, BART is actually a beautiful place and a reliable, Eco-friendly form of transportation. It's beautiful because each day it carries hundreds or even thousands of people from all over the place to different parts of the Bay Area therefore representing diversity. There is no special seating or "first-class" on BART so it equalizes everyone and follows the "all men are created equal" amendment. On BART everyone is in a sense all in the same "class" and shares a common form of transportation. Whether they're a wealthy businessman or a jobless man looking for a job, everyone is treated fairly and everyone shares this opportunity to "breath the same air" to all be "under the same roof" experiencing and witnessing the same things, the same lifestyle even if it's for a small amount of time. Personally, always being out and about and riding BART several times a month, and being surrounded by so many people, strangers, from who knows what part of the world, has really impacted my life. That person on BART who I randomly sat next to yesterday strangely impacted a tiny part of my life without really doing anything. Odd isn't it? There's way more to this, but BART is a beautiful form of transportation that has really impacted my perspective on life.