<p>Wow, you guys are going to die in NYC.</p>
<p>You can buy a metrocard at any subway stop, and it takes like 30 seconds, A whole discussion on whether to buy a “$10 or $20 one” is asinine, they have the same discount rate.</p>
<p>“the metro system doesn’t “pay for it”. they give a discount. i don’t think that metrocards have to be free, but just like most other things, I don’t think a student discount would hurt anyone.”</p>
<p>Yes they are paying for it. It’s $75 less than they would have recieved, meaning tax payers and riders have to make the difference (of course cost is less since not everyone who would use a free one will buy a full priced on) and the cars are already overcrowded to begin with.</p>
<p>weekly passes obviously have a higher per day cost than monthly passes, elsewise monthly passes would be useless. </p>
<p>Lastly, you guys don’t even know how to buy metro cards/ how mass transit in the city works, how are you able to estimate your usage? You have no idea how much you’ll be using the subway. You might get a job for away, your riends might like far away bars, etc.</p>