Saturday, October 25, 2008

Urban Bumper Sticker

Considering a lot of people around here don't have cars and take transit, the bumper sticker is not an available option of displaying your politics or causes. However, I've noticed even before the presidential election that messenger bags can have the same affect. After the election started though, they have increased exponentially around here. Mostly Obama and No on Prop 8. I've noticed people on the train checking out my bag as well, which has my own "urban bumper stickers"


I've got the longhorn patch which has brought me closer to fellow Texans randomly on BART and the Hey Mercedes buttons of my favorite band that have gotten comments from some rock kids. Though no one has said much about the SF Municipal Railway or the Market Street Railway pins, it might be because we're usually smooshed together on the J Church.

The thing though is that unlike bumper stickers, you have to be in close quarters to see what the pins and buttons say, which makes people a bit more cordial than if they were in the space of their own car. No honking on transit.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Even though I'm in Montreal, my cousin goes to school in Austin, so this evening oddly enough I happen to be wearing a Longhorns U of T T-shirt that my aunt gave me.

Way to go, Cap MetroRail!

ASD

Jaxom92 said...

Hey! A Diggnation button! I love that show.

And the buttons are a great idea for bumper sticker replacements.

Anonymous said...

Well, I noticed the "old school" MUNI pin and the MSRy of today pin (the old logo said "Byllesby Pioneers in Public Service"). Although I've never lived in the Bay Area, I've been a member of Market St. Ry. for over 20 years, and first visited Muni back when the streetcar fleet was all-PCC and they still ran Mack and White buses.