Ever since the industrial revolution, when it became possible for products to be designed just once and then mass produced, it has been the slight imperfections and wear introduced by human use that has transformed a quality mass produced product into a thing we love. Your worn blue jeans, your grandmother’s iron skillet, the initial design determined their quality, but it’s their imperfections that make them comfortable, that make them lovable, that make them yours.
I should have gone to ride the Wheaton escalator when I was in DC, I didn’t realize that it was the longest in the western hemisphere at ~70m. Although according to the wikipedia, they top out at about ~140m in St. Petersburg metro stations. They don’t specifically list which is the longest, so I guess I’ll have to go back and measure them. Great stuff, thanks MBM.
