Why do Boston's subway stations have mice?

[panache45]

@Dewey_Finn

New York City, on the other hand, doesn’t have mice. It has rats. Big ones. Big enough that you if you could harness one or two of them, you could move a disabled subway train.

And they are often indistinguishable from passengers.

[boytyperanma]

@CalMeacham

I love the way they named the transit card after a song about a guy who couldn’t get off the subway.

My theory is that no one really pays attention to these things, anyway. They know it’s about a guy named Charlie and the Boston Subway, so what else do you gotta know?
Incidentally, the song didn’t originate with the Kingsmen. It was a 1949 political campaign song commissioned by Progressive Party candidate Walter O’Brien, making an issue of the way people were being charged to exit the subways. Walter lost, which the MBTA people ought to take notice of. And 25 years later I was still paying to get off at crertain subway stations.

M.T.A. (song) - Wikipedia

I’ve always thought Charle’s wife was either a total bitch or really stupid. She gave him lunch every day. She could have just given him the nickel!

[Billdo]

@panache45

And they are often indistinguishable from passengers.

It’s easy to tell. The rats are politer.

[Fir_na_tine]

@Motorgirl

The ones I have seen on the red line are definitely nice. Furry tails, snub noses.

The redline gets the best of everything, even nice mice!

[Sailboat]

I have most definitely seen mice roaming around on the tracks on DC’s Orange Line. Also plenty of people flouting the rule against eating.

[Tom_Tildrum]

@Sailboat

I have most definitely seen mice roaming around on the tracks on DC’s Orange Line. Also plenty of people flouting the rule against eating.

People are eating the mice!? Gross.

[runcible_spoon]

@Tom_Tildrum

People are eating the mice!? Gross.

Circle of Life, baby.

[Sailboat]

@Tom_Tildrum

People are eating the mice!? Gross.

Probably, if you count parts-per-million allowed in their chocolate by FDA rules.