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Another fare and another point of failure in what is probably already a long commute? Sounds unappealing.

LIC will never become a second Midtown because its transport connections are so poor.

I won't argue that it's appealing but it is the norm if you live in the burbs. Not many people work right next to Penn/Grand Central/Atlantic Terminal/etc. Transferring to the subway is very common, and LIC is one of the best-connected neighborhoods by subway (NRW7EFG).

Out of all those, only the E runs through Penn Station, and only the 7 runs through Grand Central. Nowhere near as nice as being table to take any ACE train or any 456 train to get where you're going.

And god help you the days there are mets games if you're taking the 7.

> because its transport connections are so poor.

In what sense? I used to work in LIC and it was pretty easy to get to. Lots of lines go though Queensboro Plaza.

It has good subway connections to Queens and Manhattan, and that's about it. There's no good LIC LIRR station (the existing one is not located on the line to Penn). Good luck if you're coming from Westchester, New Jersey, Staten Island, or the Bronx, because that's going to be a hell of a commute.

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