"I'm puzzled when people say the Swiss have good transportation because they're rich. It has nothing to do with that. They're still using trams from 1970. They restore them every 7 years. Making do is part of the culture. If you're using trams for 50 years, that's a hell of a savings."
—Norman Garrick
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Garrick, who lives in #Zürich, is right. Here's what you see inside the #10 tram I rode to Central: this tram was introduced in 2009, then refitted in 2015 and 2022.
The point is, in #Switzerland, novelty for its own sake isn't a virtue...
