It’s so neat to see this video finally get released to the public after months and months of planning itineraries, researching diner histories, recording music, and a truly Herculean editing effort by Miles!!! It’s an honor to be featured in one of the opuses of Miles’s channel, and I’m so honored to have this beautifully produced record of our diner adventures!!!
I feel like everyone who's not from New England gets bamboozled by their names. When I was making a video where I talked about the MBTA, a lot of the research was just trying to figure out how to pronounce the names.
one of my favorite parts is so you guys being loud and excited about some part of public transport and in the back ground you can see all the other commuters staring at them lol
@@MilesinTransit so far 12 songs: 1. Advanced Darkness 2. The 71 3. Diner Factory 4. Worcester Massachusetts 5. Intermission 6. The man in me 7. GC intro (extend) 8. Hanging out in New York 9. GC outro (extend, and lyrics) 10. I remember the Rockaways (extend) 11. Credits song (lyrics) 12. Manta song
"Who ya gonna call? GHOST BUS-STOP!" That killed me 💀Love the Bruce Springsteen energy from the Diner Factory song! All the music in this, from that to using the 101 trolley as a backdrop for The 71...pure art! Phenomenal job! Jackson's wealth of diner knowledge show combined with your wealth of transit knowledge show that diners are just as important to shaping American history as much as trains have! The great thing about this and the original Philadelphia diner one is you show the pros and cons of a region's transit coverage while also introducing the community to cool food spots to check out! Great for not just improving upon transit planning skills, but also helping these businesses! Diners have a special place in my heart as while growing up in Westchester County NY, my dad's from Paterson and so he'd take me on long weekend road trips from Westchester to show me all the places he grew up going to, and thus I was exposed to many phenomenal NJ diners and roadside food spots in general whether it's the fabulous White Mana in Jersey City from the 1939 NY World's Fair, Pizza Town USA, or this 1939 Fair Lawn hot dog spot called Johnny & Hanges that once had a Nabisco factory (the factory was the largest producer of Oreos and operated from 1958 t0 2021) next to it and you smelled amazing cookies while eating your hot dogs. My dad passed when I was eight, so I'm very thankful he did all that for me.
Dude how the hell are you pumping so many videos out?? You must be a very hard worker. They are all of high quality and will serve you well when your subscriber count inevitably goes up as it fully deserves to. Super love from Toronto.
On the Xcelsior where Jackson chose your least favourite seat, the partition piece in front of you was a result of some litigation after someone fell out of a seat. It's to prevent you from falling out of the seat. Transit agencies were notified of the litigation and some made changes to their existing bus interiors, others made changes to their future orders.
A 3-hour video of diners I've seen before (being from MA myself) or didn't know where there, without really having too deep an interest in diners, is a testiment to how well put-together this whole overview is. The facts, the history, the SONGS, and your super-enthusiastic, rotating group of friends who bring their own spin on the segments they participated in....just top-notch.
god this just makes my heart soar. its so intensely itself and there's nothing i can compare it to at all thank you for existing and being so creative, for a lot of us without a community of nerdy ass foamers this channel really feels like home also. i would die to see the music in this video be uploaded separately, i love them so much as a film student what you do here is just so stupendous gahhhhshhsnnxmdmcm
Thank you so much for giving me an audience to help us justify doing stuff like this!! We want to do some kind of "visual album" once we have enough songs to work with - I'm impressed that as a film student, you thought our ad-hoc music videos weren't completely awful! ;)
I know nothing about diners and don't care about them at all. But here I am watching a 3 hour video of 2 guys run all over Boston going to diners. Good stuff Miles!
PCCs are love, PCCs are life, my mom grew up riding the Newark ones (which fun fact, they got their former PCCs from Minneapolis) and I'm jealous. And boats and goats by the Portside Diner, what more do you want? The reason goats have horizontal pupils is because they are prey, so it's for protection. Having a horizontal slit gives them a wider viewing area but it also increases the quality of the vision over a wider area, while reducing the amount of sunlight from above and glare from below. Many of the prey species which have those horizontal pupils tend to graze out in the open. Those animals also tend to have their eyes on the sides of the head rather than facing forward, again broadening their field of view. I like the little touches of the Little Depot Diner with John Lennon guitar and the model train! That arepa burger at the Airport Diner is intriguing. There's a Cuban version of a burger too called the frita cubana. Mixed ground beef and chorizo patty with some fried potato sticks and a spicy sauce served on a nice Cuban roll. And the Mapparium is very interesting from a history perspective since it's from 1935 and has stuff like Belgian Congo, Korea when it was annexed by Japan, French Indochina, Manchukuo, and of course the Soviet Union. The architect Lindsay Churchill was inspired to design a globe to represent The Christian Science Monitor's global reach and was originally influenced by the spinning globe in the lobby of NYC's Daily News Building.
I just wanted to say this video really made my day. If you watch the video after Miles gets on the commuter rail in Framingham, he mentioned a guy named Justin who they met on the platform. That guy was me. Miles, I don't get much shout outs in my life. It probably didn't mean anything to the 32k subscribers that frequent your videos, but it means the world to me. That day still stands out in my memory, and to see that you solidified that encounter in your video makes me feel special in so many ways. I will continue to watch your videos every wednesday, and every time I catch a train in my hometown of framingham I will think of the day that I met Miles, Jackson and Jaquelline. NEVER STOP DOING WHAT YOUR DOING!!! -Justin L
It was great to meet you, Justin! Believe me, I remember every time I get recognized because it's always a really special thing! Thanks so much for commenting.
Miles and Jackson doing a Taylor Swift acappella of Wonderland? Ah yes, 1989 (Miles's Version). Woburn got its name from the Woburn in Bedfordshire, England. Woburn played host to the first religious ordination in the Americas in November 1642...so that's something. The Charles River is named after Charles I because when John Smith of Jamestown mapped the New England coast, he called it the Massachusetts River and when Smith presented his map to King Charles I, he suggested that the king should feel free to change any of the indigenous names to English ones, and thus he named the Charles River after himself. The indigenous Massachusett named it Quinobequin, meaning "meandering" or "meandering still water". Thai food is exceptional! The reason Thai restaurants are everywhere just like that Thai diner for example is basically as Thai food gained steam in the Western world, the Thailand government took note of this. And so in the early 2000s, they launched a program that would train Thai chefs and send them abroad to open new restaurants with the aim of promoting Thailand as a destination to visit through their cuisine. As part of that campaign, the government also attempted to standardize Thai restaurants and their menus, in hopes of making dishes like Pad Thai as synonymous with Thai culture as say, the Big Mac is with McDonald’s. A surprise to no one, this tactic worked.
The Charles River wasn't Charles' only renaming: he labelled a whole map. Four of his namings survive, the other three being Cape Anne, Cape Elizabeth, and Plymouth. One which did not stick was Cape James, which was what he called Cape Cod. I read this in an old book.
This video was brought to you by Worcester Massachusetts. Next time on Visiting ever Diner, Miles and Jackson visit the diners of Long Island all while trying to pronounce the weird town names.
I loved the original Philly diner video, and have watched it repeatedly, so to get such an amazing sequel is a real treat! 3 hours of pure diner foaming... it warms my little Jersey heart. Bravo to you, Miles, Jackson, and everyone else involved!!
This video has given me so much to explore in a place that I've lived my whole life. There is so much beauty I've been overlooking, so thanks for your joy and excitement.
It took me three days to watch all of this but it was worth it! Loved the entire concept especially, the dedication to eating the same dish at almost every diner for proper comparison. The PCC montage was also lovely. One can never go wrong with a PCC montage. I know it isn't a diner, but the next time you are in Chicago, check out the Pittsfield Cafe! Right off the loop and worth a visit for the food and architecture.
It took me over a week, but I've seen the entire thing now. So cool. I loved the street/transit level views of all these classic Boston area neighborhoods. The diners up there are amazing! I grew up in North Jersey, and we had a lot of diners back then, but sadly, it seems like they're almost all gone. This is destined to be a classic.
I’m so glad you folks made it to the Deluxe Town Downer in Watertown. I lived about the first decade of my life about 3 blocks away and still have memories from visiting there with my parents.
"Diner Factory" is a legit bop. No exaggeration - I would buy an album of similar songs. Still need a ska bonus track though similar to your outro music.
It's really amazing how much work went into this video. Thank you very much for these three hours of entertainment. As a European, I always thought that these diners were on every corner in America. It's a shame that this culture seems to be dying out more and more. Boston also seems to have relatively good public transportation for an American city. And please come to Germany and pronounce all the words like you guys did at 2:13:00
I'm so glad I finally got around to watching this video. Was expecting gold, found platinum. Massive respect; I hope one day I can come close to this level of content quality and great music.
17:15 Miles' top 5 scenic commuter rail lines in the US: 1. Metrolink Antelope Valley 2. Sounder North 3. Metro-North Hudson 4. MBTA Newburyport/Rockport 5. MARC Brunswick Copied into a comment for my own future reference
@@AmtrakProductions I'm not that familiar with the Newburyport/Rockport or Brunswick lines, so I'm surprised they outrank the Port Jervis line and some of the New Haven line branches
Never ridden the Coaster! Port Jervis has a couple great spots, but the Newburyport/Rockport Line give you some really awesome small old seaside towns that are hard to find on American commuter rail!
Rewatching this now to attempt to plan a visit to one of these diners, and I just wanted to say, this video is so great -- you two are both so funny and knowledgable and it is a great watch! Thank you for travelling all around Boston to make it!
I was waiting to watch this until I could watch it in one sitting, and now is the time-I need it after one of my family's two beloved cats passed away yesterday. I am looking forward to watching this.
Hi Miles and Jackson, I just wanted to give a little support because of how fantastic this video is, like seriously fantastic. 3+ hours of transit and diners around Boston.... wow. I study at Berklee and it was really awesome to see you ride the 1 bus past there and I totally agree that Jackson could go here if he wanted :) All these diners seem wonderful and I have so many more places to explore and go to on my adventures, so seriously thank you for that. Another thing that is kindof blowing my mind is the fact that you recorded intermission 3 in Media PA... My mother grew up in springfield and her and my grandfather ran the Media theater from 1978-1988 and my mom practically grew up there. Seeing Jackson stand out front of the theater shocked me so much that I immediately facetimed my mom and showed her (I've shown my whole family your videos so they were all super shocked to see you there lol). She was flooded with emotions and the look on her face was so precious that I felt it was necessary to show my thanks with this paragraph. She has always talked about how back in the day, there was a section on the upstairs of theater that played foreign and indie films, and sadly that section has been removed since my grandfather sold it. (PS amazing stereolab shirt from juliette and amazing brian wilson shirt from you :DDD )
Gosh, I don't think either of us had any idea that our dumb joke (filming a song about Watertown, MA in Media, PA) would have such a big effect - that's so amazing to hear. Media is a really wonderful little town! Thanks so much for watching and for the donation!!
This is an awesome tour around Boston. I used to live like two blocks from Kelly's diner in Somerville and I can't believe you can just get on the T across the street. That area is so different! I've also had the same experience of not knowing Crazy Good Kitchen is built like that on a super cold day. Bringing back the memories!
This was some of the most entertaining 3 hours I've spent, start to finish, on a YT video, maybe ever. It had everything. Travel, weather, finding out there's a channel like this with you guys being local to me (I live in the city mentioned over and over for building Dining Cars)... but I mean, multiple Wesley Willis moments, innuendo jokes, references I get, 80s movie song covers. The editing was an affirmative 10 out of 10, and I wouldnt say so if I didnt think it was "just" a 9. Oh and City Nerd. Yeah, I've been watching him for a long time. So finally the algorithm did its job. They offered me the chance to watch your 100+ hour Greyhound vid, and after that and several others, I scrolled up towards the new stuff, saw this, and normally I'd be like "Ooh, over three hours?! Sounds interesting, but idk if I have time for that, add to watch later" but NO! I consumed it all in one sitting, save for pause breaks. There was barely a dull moment throughout, which is crazy to think when compared to every other viewing option and all the content I watch. Seriously fantastic stuff, guys. Send your Worcester song to more people out this way. Get the "tape" on some desks! There aren't exactly many pop culture references to this city, and I'd bet some radio personality or whomever could adopt that as a theme song or at least play it a few dozen times. Jim Polito, Howie Carr, maybe Rich Keefe on WEEI. Anyways thanks for passing the last batch of hours and I really look forward to more.
Thank you so much for the kind words! This video was a labor of love and it means a lot that you managed to watch it in one sitting and enjoyed it so much!
Hi, just ate at the South Street Diner again and on a weekend with the SAME damn Red Line shuttles! Get a pie. It is insanely luxurious. Their pies are in ceramic cake tins, so their buttery crusts absorb a little filling juice, but cook out just lovely for a dense, flaky, moist bite. And the fillings are great. Also, there are regulars, they contribute to Chinatown associations (and had breakfast ramen on their menu during the lunar new year!?), and yeah, I'd bump my score up a point if I could.
Ohhhh my god fuck yessss The philly diner video was the best video on youtube and now we get another 3 and a half hours of diner video? This is a dream come true
Miles and Jackson eating in diners . . . Not a bad earworm to have. I can't believe I eventually watched the whole video. Now I want to see Jordan end every one of your videos. Well done - on everything (e.g. diner trivia, transit info, water shots, menu shots, intermission entertainment, need I go on?). Thanks for sharing!
Long ago, I lived in Waltham and Wilson's is where I went on Sunday morning. I'm obviously going to have to take 70 bus and revisit it. I loved that place.
After waiting a week, just to watch this on the train to my girlfriend, it feels great to finally see this. The Long distance trains here in Germany have pretty solid WiFi so I basically didn't even realise that I'll be at my destination in just a few minutes. As I said when you posted the announcement for this, those videos make my transit so much more enjoyable ^^ keep it up !
"I thought you were gaslighting me, but there's an actual drawbridge". Chance of this phrase occurring in anything other than a Jackson and Miles video? 0.00000002%.
Loved this video! Subscribed right after the jingle at the beginning and it just kept getting better! I will say though both of you did not know how to play checkers 😂
Me and my buddy once stopped by south street diner at 1 am after a show in Worcester (we took the train back to boston) and that was one of the best meals ive had. Love thay place
Miles and Jackson, this is a MASTERPIECE! Definitely adding some of these on my US transit/architecture/nature trip bucket list. Greetings from Helsinki!
absolutely thrilled to see you praise my local diner (wilson's) so highly!! it's a waltham institution - i've been going since i was two, and it's still the same experience it's always been. for a few decades, the chef was a wonderful greek guy named arthur - i'm sad you didn't get to meet him, as his personality was a huge draw as well. great video!
This is a wonderful video! I visited the South Street Diner in the summer of 2004. It was fantastic - delicious food, amazing staff, and great atmosphere.
I have so much homework that I'm going to have to watch this in chunks, but what I've seen so far is already incredible - The editing is fantastic, I love the interactions and little edits, and I really appreciate how much work and love was put into this! *Amazing* work with the video!
Hi from Woodbridge, suffolk in the uk. I loved this video. Ive now listened to it 3 times while im at work. We can’t watch stuff at work so i listen to the audio via Bluetooth headphones. So much great information and fun interaction. Loved the songs and great harmonies. I hope you do more long form videos. Great job.
That's awesome, thank you so much! These take a ton of work so I don't think anything this long will come out in the near future, but we also did a Philly diner video a little while ago that's around two hours!
@MilesinTransit ah that's awesome. I'll be taking a look on the channel to find it. I loved hearing about the history of them. You're videos are a great source of entertainment and info. I look forward to seeing the philly diner video.
Hey Miles you’re my favourite RUclipsr and I love your content, and especially this video, so much! I was just wondering if the songs that you sing in the intermissions are ones you made yourself? I absolutely love them and would like to listen to them on Spotify if they’re just your versions of certain songs. Thanks, merry Christmas from England!
This might be one of my favourite videos ever. I think a lot of the time people only think of prefab buildings as dreary, unadorned and unmemorable. These diners are completely different to that! I would love to visit a diner one day. I put off watching this for ages, beacuse it's so long, but it's such an epic project, I'm so glad I watched.
Best commuter rail line for scenery is in Boston? My favorite is Frontrunner rail by Utah Transit Authority. All trains are bilevel sets. From Ogden through Salt Lake City on to Provo, it follows the Wasatch Mountain Range. Take it in the winter when snow covers the Mountains. Can be accessed from the green above ground Trax line at the SLC airport.
The Port Jervis Line of the MNR with its wonderful Moodna Viaduct (which Miles rode with Jeremy in their longest commuter rail trip), the eastern half of the LIRR's Montauk Branch, LIRR's Greenport Branch, and the New Mexico Rail Runner are also great for scenery!
@@MilesinTransit If you come to Utah to ride Frontrunner in winter, please take a Transit side quest. Frontrunner to Ogden Central Station, transfer to bus 675 Snowbasin Ski Bus ($10 round trip), Arial gondola ($20) up to John Paul Lodge. 360 views and fantastic food. My favorite is Bavarian schnitzel, and beer bratwurst. 3 types of transport in a day. Be sure to do a bathroom review it will amaze.
Really great video. The Philly Diner video inspired me to visit more diners in Philadelphia + get there on the bus or train, and this video convinced me to visit Boston as soon as possible.
this was truly art! i waited till new years day to watch this full through no stops loved every second, the cool thing for me about this one is i've never been to any of these places so it was truly new vs the should be award winning philadelphia diners video in which i recognized most of it due to being from and living in the area. @1:40:35 interesting tie in the #690 is the plumbers union local in philadelphia and southeastern pa where i did my 5 year apprenticeship and worked as a building trades plumber for 15 years until switching careers into municipal utility maintenance
Back in the 90s I used to go to Judy's Diner, which is now Crazy Good Kitchen (#18), all the time! It was really delicious and amazing vintage diner decor but very small, not a ton of seating as there was no extension. Sad to see what they've done to the place but glad for the memories from you featuring it here!
yesssssss! So glad you posted this, your philly diner video is one of my big comfort vids so i'm glad i can add this one to the list too. can't wait to see what you do next
New to this channel. Watched every single second of this video. Never stop with the passion behind the videos. That is the selling point. How much yall care about the topic you are exploring is by far the best part.
Fun fact about those MBTA trains build by MBB, the M in MBB stands for Messerschmitt, so those train cars are in some way the descendants of a german WW2 fighter plane.
This is so enjoyable and informative and entertaining on multiple levels. There's literally a hundred delightful moments. Even the brief moment of Fence Foaming. What a great video. Kudos.
I love you guys! This was such a treat! The amount of work you did for this is amazing! I've probably said this before (or at least I've thought it) you remind me of some of my friends so much that your videos always makes me a bit nostalgic. Anyway.....put out an album! I have to have this music!!
Well since you stopped by Modern Diner in Pawtucket, a bit further south you could've visited Jigger's on Main St in East Greenwich. It's perpendicular to the street so you only see it on end, but I'm pretty sure you saw it while passing in a bus in a previous video (I'm just not sure which). You know RI is weird because our only/whole rail system is an overgrown tentacle of MA's. But it is the longest line on the MBTA commuter rail going all the way to North Kingstown.
It’s so neat to see this video finally get released to the public after months and months of planning itineraries, researching diner histories, recording music, and a truly Herculean editing effort by Miles!!! It’s an honor to be featured in one of the opuses of Miles’s channel, and I’m so honored to have this beautifully produced record of our diner adventures!!!
Great video!
I’d bet nobody else on earth can say they’ve visited every diner within 20 miles of Miles’ house, that is truly an achievement.
@@chaschuky999next I want to see 20 Miles’ within Miles’ house
As a foamer I figure you'd know. Does Kansas City have any diners or is it just an northeast thing?
Your diner knowledge is second to none! We appreciate you for being you and empowering the message of the transit community with Miles through music!
Jackson being continually bamboozled by Massachusetts town names is an excellent running bit
He's not ready for Long Island town names!
@@AverytheCubanAmerican Hi, I'm Ron, Ron Konkoma. ("Hey, Ron.")
I feel like everyone who's not from New England gets bamboozled by their names. When I was making a video where I talked about the MBTA, a lot of the research was just trying to figure out how to pronounce the names.
@@OntarioTrafficMan Well, New England indeed.
one of my favorite parts is so you guys being loud and excited about some part of public transport and in the back ground you can see all the other commuters staring at them lol
Am I the only one who'd love to see an EP of transit-themed songs? Love the video, and in particular, adored the musical interludes.
We want to put together an album once we have enough songs to work with!
That would be amaizing
@@MilesinTransit
Gotta have the manta sleep mask song
@@MilesinTransit so far 12 songs:
1. Advanced Darkness
2. The 71
3. Diner Factory
4. Worcester Massachusetts
5. Intermission
6. The man in me
7. GC intro (extend)
8. Hanging out in New York
9. GC outro (extend, and lyrics)
10. I remember the Rockaways (extend)
11. Credits song (lyrics)
12. Manta song
I think learning Miles has a drivers license is a bigger dox than his national heritage
"Who ya gonna call? GHOST BUS-STOP!" That killed me 💀Love the Bruce Springsteen energy from the Diner Factory song! All the music in this, from that to using the 101 trolley as a backdrop for The 71...pure art! Phenomenal job! Jackson's wealth of diner knowledge show combined with your wealth of transit knowledge show that diners are just as important to shaping American history as much as trains have! The great thing about this and the original Philadelphia diner one is you show the pros and cons of a region's transit coverage while also introducing the community to cool food spots to check out! Great for not just improving upon transit planning skills, but also helping these businesses!
Diners have a special place in my heart as while growing up in Westchester County NY, my dad's from Paterson and so he'd take me on long weekend road trips from Westchester to show me all the places he grew up going to, and thus I was exposed to many phenomenal NJ diners and roadside food spots in general whether it's the fabulous White Mana in Jersey City from the 1939 NY World's Fair, Pizza Town USA, or this 1939 Fair Lawn hot dog spot called Johnny & Hanges that once had a Nabisco factory (the factory was the largest producer of Oreos and operated from 1958 t0 2021) next to it and you smelled amazing cookies while eating your hot dogs. My dad passed when I was eight, so I'm very thankful he did all that for me.
Thank you so much, Avery! Jackson and I went to the White Mana recently and it was INCREDIBLE - that's awesome you grew up with all of these!
Fully agree with the Springsteen energy of "Diner Factory." The intro of "Worcester, Massachusetts" has immense Kim Wilde "Kids in America" vibes.
Everything that interests these young men is pre-internet.
Dude how the hell are you pumping so many videos out?? You must be a very hard worker.
They are all of high quality and will serve you well when your subscriber count inevitably goes up as it fully deserves to.
Super love from Toronto.
Thanks so much! I wonder the same thing myself sometimes...
On the Xcelsior where Jackson chose your least favourite seat, the partition piece in front of you was a result of some litigation after someone fell out of a seat. It's to prevent you from falling out of the seat. Transit agencies were notified of the litigation and some made changes to their existing bus interiors, others made changes to their future orders.
A 3-hour video of diners I've seen before (being from MA myself) or didn't know where there, without really having too deep an interest in diners, is a testiment to how well put-together this whole overview is. The facts, the history, the SONGS, and your super-enthusiastic, rotating group of friends who bring their own spin on the segments they participated in....just top-notch.
Thank you so much!!
god this just makes my heart soar. its so intensely itself and there's nothing i can compare it to at all
thank you for existing and being so creative, for a lot of us without a community of nerdy ass foamers this channel really feels like home
also. i would die to see the music in this video be uploaded separately, i love them so much
as a film student what you do here is just so stupendous gahhhhshhsnnxmdmcm
Thank you so much for giving me an audience to help us justify doing stuff like this!! We want to do some kind of "visual album" once we have enough songs to work with - I'm impressed that as a film student, you thought our ad-hoc music videos weren't completely awful! ;)
I know nothing about diners and don't care about them at all. But here I am watching a 3 hour video of 2 guys run all over Boston going to diners. Good stuff Miles!
Thanks so much! Hey, maybe you'll care a little more by the end!
PCCs are love, PCCs are life, my mom grew up riding the Newark ones (which fun fact, they got their former PCCs from Minneapolis) and I'm jealous. And boats and goats by the Portside Diner, what more do you want? The reason goats have horizontal pupils is because they are prey, so it's for protection. Having a horizontal slit gives them a wider viewing area but it also increases the quality of the vision over a wider area, while reducing the amount of sunlight from above and glare from below. Many of the prey species which have those horizontal pupils tend to graze out in the open. Those animals also tend to have their eyes on the sides of the head rather than facing forward, again broadening their field of view.
I like the little touches of the Little Depot Diner with John Lennon guitar and the model train! That arepa burger at the Airport Diner is intriguing. There's a Cuban version of a burger too called the frita cubana. Mixed ground beef and chorizo patty with some fried potato sticks and a spicy sauce served on a nice Cuban roll. And the Mapparium is very interesting from a history perspective since it's from 1935 and has stuff like Belgian Congo, Korea when it was annexed by Japan, French Indochina, Manchukuo, and of course the Soviet Union. The architect Lindsay Churchill was inspired to design a globe to represent The Christian Science Monitor's global reach and was originally influenced by the spinning globe in the lobby of NYC's Daily News Building.
Okay, the horizontal eyes thing is something I've always wondered - this is my new favorite Avery fact!
I just wanted to say this video really made my day. If you watch the video after Miles gets on the commuter rail in Framingham, he mentioned a guy named Justin who they met on the platform. That guy was me.
Miles, I don't get much shout outs in my life. It probably didn't mean anything to the 32k subscribers that frequent your videos, but it means the world to me.
That day still stands out in my memory, and to see that you solidified that encounter in your video makes me feel special in so many ways.
I will continue to watch your videos every wednesday, and every time I catch a train in my hometown of framingham I will think of the day that I met Miles, Jackson and Jaquelline.
NEVER STOP DOING WHAT YOUR DOING!!!
-Justin L
Woah, so glad you ended up enjoying the shoutout - was great to meet you that day!!! :)
It was great to meet you, Justin! Believe me, I remember every time I get recognized because it's always a really special thing! Thanks so much for commenting.
this video is amazing
honestly
Miles and Jackson doing a Taylor Swift acappella of Wonderland? Ah yes, 1989 (Miles's Version). Woburn got its name from the Woburn in Bedfordshire, England. Woburn played host to the first religious ordination in the Americas in November 1642...so that's something. The Charles River is named after Charles I because when John Smith of Jamestown mapped the New England coast, he called it the Massachusetts River and when Smith presented his map to King Charles I, he suggested that the king should feel free to change any of the indigenous names to English ones, and thus he named the Charles River after himself. The indigenous Massachusett named it Quinobequin, meaning "meandering" or "meandering still water".
Thai food is exceptional! The reason Thai restaurants are everywhere just like that Thai diner for example is basically as Thai food gained steam in the Western world, the Thailand government took note of this. And so in the early 2000s, they launched a program that would train Thai chefs and send them abroad to open new restaurants with the aim of promoting Thailand as a destination to visit through their cuisine. As part of that campaign, the government also attempted to standardize Thai restaurants and their menus, in hopes of making dishes like Pad Thai as synonymous with Thai culture as say, the Big Mac is with McDonald’s. A surprise to no one, this tactic worked.
The Charles River wasn't Charles' only renaming: he labelled a whole map. Four of his namings survive, the other three being Cape Anne, Cape Elizabeth, and Plymouth. One which did not stick was Cape James, which was what he called Cape Cod. I read this in an old book.
Not even halfway through and this is already an incredible video - lighthearted, funny and still able to learn so much. Great upload (as usual)
Thank you!
miles and jackson back together again. cool. want more music vids from you two
This video was brought to you by Worcester Massachusetts. Next time on Visiting ever Diner, Miles and Jackson visit the diners of Long Island all while trying to pronounce the weird town names.
I loved the original Philly diner video, and have watched it repeatedly, so to get such an amazing sequel is a real treat! 3 hours of pure diner foaming... it warms my little Jersey heart. Bravo to you, Miles, Jackson, and everyone else involved!!
Thank you so much!
This video has given me so much to explore in a place that I've lived my whole life. There is so much beauty I've been overlooking, so thanks for your joy and excitement.
Thank you so much!!
This is, dare I say, criminally under-appreciated content. I am enthralled.
Thank you!!
It took me three days to watch all of this but it was worth it! Loved the entire concept especially, the dedication to eating the same dish at almost every diner for proper comparison. The PCC montage was also lovely. One can never go wrong with a PCC montage.
I know it isn't a diner, but the next time you are in Chicago, check out the Pittsfield Cafe! Right off the loop and worth a visit for the food and architecture.
Thank you so much!
A three hour video?! What an incredible birthday gift
It took me over a week, but I've seen the entire thing now. So cool. I loved the street/transit level views of all these classic Boston area neighborhoods. The diners up there are amazing! I grew up in North Jersey, and we had a lot of diners back then, but sadly, it seems like they're almost all gone. This is destined to be a classic.
I just want to thank you guys for this huge-ass video. Your silly in jokes and friendship is really inspiring.
Thank you so much!
I’m so glad you folks made it to the Deluxe Town Downer in Watertown. I lived about the first decade of my life about 3 blocks away and still have memories from visiting there with my parents.
"Diner Factory" is a legit bop. No exaggeration - I would buy an album of similar songs. Still need a ska bonus track though similar to your outro music.
Noted on the ska request!
In this video miles thanked 35 bus drivers and failed to record himself thanking 4 bus drivers. There’s also some diners I guess
Thank you for keeping count!
It's really amazing how much work went into this video. Thank you very much for these three hours of entertainment.
As a European, I always thought that these diners were on every corner in America. It's a shame that this culture seems to be dying out more and more. Boston also seems to have relatively good public transportation for an American city.
And please come to Germany and pronounce all the words like you guys did at 2:13:00
Thank you for watching! Boston definitely punches above its weight in terms of transit (and diners!).
I'm so glad I finally got around to watching this video. Was expecting gold, found platinum. Massive respect; I hope one day I can come close to this level of content quality and great music.
Thank you so much!!!
this is some of the best content on RUclips right now hahaha. Thanks for such an amazing video!!!
Thank you so much!
Can’t really express how perfect this video is
Thank you so much!
17:15 Miles' top 5 scenic commuter rail lines in the US:
1. Metrolink Antelope Valley
2. Sounder North
3. Metro-North Hudson
4. MBTA Newburyport/Rockport
5. MARC Brunswick
Copied into a comment for my own future reference
surprised Coaster didn't make it on there
@@AmtrakProductions I'm not that familiar with the Newburyport/Rockport or Brunswick lines, so I'm surprised they outrank the Port Jervis line and some of the New Haven line branches
Never ridden the Coaster! Port Jervis has a couple great spots, but the Newburyport/Rockport Line give you some really awesome small old seaside towns that are hard to find on American commuter rail!
This video does not need to be this good. Wow what a video. Masterpiece, well done Miles, definitely my video favorite series on RUclips
Thank you so much!
Some more Bill Wurtz-esque songs to brighten my day is exactly what I, a lowly transit nerd, needed.
You guys have great chemistry ! The whole video just flew by for me. It might have been the 2 hour nap part way through? I dunno...
This intermission songs are SO good it’s actually wild. Bop after bop.
Thanks so much!
Rewatching this now to attempt to plan a visit to one of these diners, and I just wanted to say, this video is so great -- you two are both so funny and knowledgable and it is a great watch! Thank you for travelling all around Boston to make it!
Thanks so much!!
I was waiting to watch this until I could watch it in one sitting, and now is the time-I need it after one of my family's two beloved cats passed away yesterday. I am looking forward to watching this.
I love @16:12 The start of history!
I'm very sorry for your loss - hopefully this video could provide some joy!
The musical interludes were so incredible! You've out done yourself
Thank you!
Hi Miles and Jackson, I just wanted to give a little support because of how fantastic this video is, like seriously fantastic. 3+ hours of transit and diners around Boston.... wow. I study at Berklee and it was really awesome to see you ride the 1 bus past there and I totally agree that Jackson could go here if he wanted :) All these diners seem wonderful and I have so many more places to explore and go to on my adventures, so seriously thank you for that. Another thing that is kindof blowing my mind is the fact that you recorded intermission 3 in Media PA... My mother grew up in springfield and her and my grandfather ran the Media theater from 1978-1988 and my mom practically grew up there. Seeing Jackson stand out front of the theater shocked me so much that I immediately facetimed my mom and showed her (I've shown my whole family your videos so they were all super shocked to see you there lol). She was flooded with emotions and the look on her face was so precious that I felt it was necessary to show my thanks with this paragraph. She has always talked about how back in the day, there was a section on the upstairs of theater that played foreign and indie films, and sadly that section has been removed since my grandfather sold it.
(PS amazing stereolab shirt from juliette and amazing brian wilson shirt from you :DDD )
Gosh, I don't think either of us had any idea that our dumb joke (filming a song about Watertown, MA in Media, PA) would have such a big effect - that's so amazing to hear. Media is a really wonderful little town! Thanks so much for watching and for the donation!!
Wait... yall went to a Thai restaurant and got chicken teriyaki!?!?! 😮💨😮💨
I got the special, which was something Thai! 😅
Sorryyyy
This is an awesome tour around Boston. I used to live like two blocks from Kelly's diner in Somerville and I can't believe you can just get on the T across the street. That area is so different! I've also had the same experience of not knowing Crazy Good Kitchen is built like that on a super cold day. Bringing back the memories!
miles seems to have just learned the word schlep when this was filmed. It's definitely one of my favorite yiddish words.
This was some of the most entertaining 3 hours I've spent, start to finish, on a YT video, maybe ever. It had everything. Travel, weather, finding out there's a channel like this with you guys being local to me (I live in the city mentioned over and over for building Dining Cars)... but I mean, multiple Wesley Willis moments, innuendo jokes, references I get, 80s movie song covers. The editing was an affirmative 10 out of 10, and I wouldnt say so if I didnt think it was "just" a 9. Oh and City Nerd. Yeah, I've been watching him for a long time. So finally the algorithm did its job. They offered me the chance to watch your 100+ hour Greyhound vid, and after that and several others, I scrolled up towards the new stuff, saw this, and normally I'd be like "Ooh, over three hours?! Sounds interesting, but idk if I have time for that, add to watch later" but NO! I consumed it all in one sitting, save for pause breaks. There was barely a dull moment throughout, which is crazy to think when compared to every other viewing option and all the content I watch. Seriously fantastic stuff, guys. Send your Worcester song to more people out this way. Get the "tape" on some desks! There aren't exactly many pop culture references to this city, and I'd bet some radio personality or whomever could adopt that as a theme song or at least play it a few dozen times. Jim Polito, Howie Carr, maybe Rich Keefe on WEEI. Anyways thanks for passing the last batch of hours and I really look forward to more.
Thank you so much for the kind words! This video was a labor of love and it means a lot that you managed to watch it in one sitting and enjoyed it so much!
Came for the diners, stayed for the musical interludes 🎶 Well done gentlemen.
Thank you!
I've been a bostonian my entire life, so it was fun to see all the places... I recognized most hahaha
Hi, just ate at the South Street Diner again and on a weekend with the SAME damn Red Line shuttles!
Get a pie. It is insanely luxurious. Their pies are in ceramic cake tins, so their buttery crusts absorb a little filling juice, but cook out just lovely for a dense, flaky, moist bite. And the fillings are great.
Also, there are regulars, they contribute to Chinatown associations (and had breakfast ramen on their menu during the lunar new year!?), and yeah, I'd bump my score up a point if I could.
Noted, thanks Jules!
woah, there's seasonal ramen at the South Street Diner? that's awesome!!
Ohhhh my god fuck yessss The philly diner video was the best video on youtube and now we get another 3 and a half hours of diner video? This is a dream come true
Thank you so much!!
Miles and Jackson eating in diners . . . Not a bad earworm to have. I can't believe I eventually watched the whole video. Now I want to see Jordan end every one of your videos. Well done - on everything (e.g. diner trivia, transit info, water shots, menu shots, intermission entertainment, need I go on?). Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much!!
holy shit. never heard of this channel but this feels like nirvanna the band the show set in my fav city in the world. i absolutely adore you two
Thank you so much!!
Long ago, I lived in Waltham and Wilson's is where I went on Sunday morning. I'm obviously going to have to take 70 bus and revisit it. I loved that place.
After waiting a week, just to watch this on the train to my girlfriend, it feels great to finally see this.
The Long distance trains here in Germany have pretty solid WiFi so I basically didn't even realise that I'll be at my destination in just a few minutes.
As I said when you posted the announcement for this, those videos make my transit so much more enjoyable ^^ keep it up !
I'm so glad it worked out! Thanks so much!
@@MilesinTransitsure did ^^, next time I'll just binge the "normal" videos again. But this was a blast !
I love the music you guys put into these things. It just elevates this thing. Great Job!
Thank you!
"I thought you were gaslighting me, but there's an actual drawbridge". Chance of this phrase occurring in anything other than a Jackson and Miles video? 0.00000002%.
Loved this video! Subscribed right after the jingle at the beginning and it just kept getting better! I will say though both of you did not know how to play checkers 😂
Thank you so much!! And fair enough ;)
Me and my buddy once stopped by south street diner at 1 am after a show in Worcester (we took the train back to boston) and that was one of the best meals ive had. Love thay place
@17:16 I haven't done it yet either, but the Port Jervis might take the cake for the Moodna Viaduct.
My thing with the Port Jervis Line is consistency! It has a couple really amazing moments, but the section through New Jersey is kind of a slog.
"It's an Xcelsior, so we won't be shouting over the engine." 😂 I felt that.
Miles and Jackson, this is a MASTERPIECE! Definitely adding some of these on my US transit/architecture/nature trip bucket list.
Greetings from Helsinki!
Thank you so much!
This was a beautiful use of my time! So much nice music! Will quite certainly watch it again in the near future. Thanks Miles!
Thank you so much!
absolutely thrilled to see you praise my local diner (wilson's) so highly!! it's a waltham institution - i've been going since i was two, and it's still the same experience it's always been. for a few decades, the chef was a wonderful greek guy named arthur - i'm sad you didn't get to meet him, as his personality was a huge draw as well. great video!
Thank you!
"The 71" has been perpetually stuck in my head for the whole day today. This is the amazing transit content I am subscribed for!
Thank you so much!
This is a wonderful video! I visited the South Street Diner in the summer of 2004. It was fantastic - delicious food, amazing staff, and great atmosphere.
Thank you!
I love these videos! Jackson is a great guest
I have so much homework that I'm going to have to watch this in chunks, but what I've seen so far is already incredible - The editing is fantastic, I love the interactions and little edits, and I really appreciate how much work and love was put into this! *Amazing* work with the video!
Good luck getting through your homework, and thank you so much!
the Working on the Diner Factory song sounded straight off of The River (Bruce Springsteen) and I LOVED it!
Edit: Even the organ tone was spot on
Ha, we were listening to Cadillac Ranch when we recorded that!
Can't sleep - oh, what's this? a 3 hour Miles and Jackson video? That'll do! I was hoping you'd sing 'Goats on the water' at 19:33 but never mind.
Haha, I was too dumbfounded to come up with something like that! ;)
Hi from Woodbridge, suffolk in the uk. I loved this video. Ive now listened to it 3 times while im at work. We can’t watch stuff at work so i listen to the audio via Bluetooth headphones. So much great information and fun interaction. Loved the songs and great harmonies. I hope you do more long form videos. Great job.
That's awesome, thank you so much! These take a ton of work so I don't think anything this long will come out in the near future, but we also did a Philly diner video a little while ago that's around two hours!
@MilesinTransit ah that's awesome. I'll be taking a look on the channel to find it. I loved hearing about the history of them. You're videos are a great source of entertainment and info. I look forward to seeing the philly diner video.
Just started watching. Let's go! Thanks for taking me along.
Good luck!!
"She wants there to be fewer references to pooping" is cracking me up 😂
"I love it when I get serviced." - Jackson. DEMONITIZED.
this is great quality content , loved every second of it
Thank you!
This REALLY should have more views by now.
Reminds me of the old days of RUclips, such a cool idea 🥲
truly one of the videos of all time
Hey Miles you’re my favourite RUclipsr and I love your content, and especially this video, so much! I was just wondering if the songs that you sing in the intermissions are ones you made yourself? I absolutely love them and would like to listen to them on Spotify if they’re just your versions of certain songs. Thanks, merry Christmas from England!
Thank you so much! The songs in the intermissions are our own creations, but maybe we'll put them up on Spotify someday!
This might be one of my favourite videos ever. I think a lot of the time people only think of prefab buildings as dreary, unadorned and unmemorable. These diners are completely different to that! I would love to visit a diner one day. I put off watching this for ages, beacuse it's so long, but it's such an epic project, I'm so glad I watched.
Thank you so much for the kind words!
Best commuter rail line for scenery is in Boston? My favorite is Frontrunner rail by Utah Transit Authority. All trains are bilevel sets. From Ogden through Salt Lake City on to Provo, it follows the Wasatch Mountain Range. Take it in the winter when snow covers the Mountains. Can be accessed from the green above ground Trax line at the SLC airport.
The Port Jervis Line of the MNR with its wonderful Moodna Viaduct (which Miles rode with Jeremy in their longest commuter rail trip), the eastern half of the LIRR's Montauk Branch, LIRR's Greenport Branch, and the New Mexico Rail Runner are also great for scenery!
Never been on Frontrunner!
@@MilesinTransit If you come to Utah to ride Frontrunner in winter, please take a Transit side quest. Frontrunner to Ogden Central Station, transfer to bus 675 Snowbasin Ski Bus ($10 round trip), Arial gondola ($20) up to John Paul Lodge. 360 views and fantastic food. My favorite is Bavarian schnitzel, and beer bratwurst. 3 types of transport in a day. Be sure to do a bathroom review it will amaze.
great video miles and jackson!
Thanks!
Really great video. The Philly Diner video inspired me to visit more diners in Philadelphia + get there on the bus or train, and this video convinced me to visit Boston as soon as possible.
Thank you so much!
this was truly art! i waited till new years day to watch this full through no stops loved every second, the cool thing for me about this one is i've never been to any of these places so it was truly new vs the should be award winning philadelphia diners video in which i recognized most of it due to being from and living in the area. @1:40:35 interesting tie in the #690 is the plumbers union local in philadelphia and southeastern pa where i did my 5 year apprenticeship and worked as a building trades plumber for 15 years until switching careers into municipal utility maintenance
That's a cool coincidence! Thank you so much!
@@MilesinTransit happy new year!
Back in the 90s I used to go to Judy's Diner, which is now Crazy Good Kitchen (#18), all the time! It was really delicious and amazing vintage diner decor but very small, not a ton of seating as there was no extension. Sad to see what they've done to the place but glad for the memories from you featuring it here!
yesssssss! So glad you posted this, your philly diner video is one of my big comfort vids so i'm glad i can add this one to the list too. can't wait to see what you do next
Thank you so much!! I'm genuinely so honored to have made someone's comfort video!
New to this channel. Watched every single second of this video. Never stop with the passion behind the videos. That is the selling point. How much yall care about the topic you are exploring is by far the best part.
Thank you so much!
Fun fact about those MBTA trains build by MBB, the M in MBB stands for Messerschmitt, so those train cars are in some way the descendants of a german WW2 fighter plane.
I don't think I've ever watched anything that is 3 and a half hours before... but I watched this (and loved it)
Thank you so much!
i saw this entire video for the intermissions
glad to hear you guys liked Delux Town Diner. I've been living in Watertown for a couple years now and it's one of my favorite breakfast spots
Miles..... you should buy the Blue Moon Diner in Gardner, MA! All you need is $300K and Jackson 😆
A well done video and so much fun to check out these cool diners!
Thanks so much!
This is so enjoyable and informative and entertaining on multiple levels. There's literally a hundred delightful moments. Even the brief moment of Fence Foaming. What a great video. Kudos.
Thank you so much!!
I love you guys! This was such a treat! The amount of work you did for this is amazing! I've probably said this before (or at least I've thought it) you remind me of some of my friends so much that your videos always makes me a bit nostalgic. Anyway.....put out an album! I have to have this music!!
Thank you so much! We want to do an album of sorts once we have enough songs.
Well since you stopped by Modern Diner in Pawtucket, a bit further south you could've visited Jigger's on Main St in East Greenwich. It's perpendicular to the street so you only see it on end, but I'm pretty sure you saw it while passing in a bus in a previous video (I'm just not sure which). You know RI is weird because our only/whole rail system is an overgrown tentacle of MA's. But it is the longest line on the MBTA commuter rail going all the way to North Kingstown.
I saw it in the Washington to Boston by local transit video! Jigger's looks awesome.
what a lovely video, and as usual - even better music
Thank you Cam ❤️
Thanks Cameron!
I remember when you visited one of the diners when the green line extension opening
17:16 I had to rewind the video 3 times just to pause in the right spot. Worth the effort.
the opening credits song is actually really good.
Thank you!
"The 71" is now my #1 song ever
Thank you so much!
Born in raised in Worcester. That Worcester song has to be in the top 10 songs I’ve ever heard about Worcester ❤
It's an honor!