I recently moved a bit further south from King Street, to Huntington Metro.

Whenever I tell people I moved there, they act like I live way the fuck out in the middle of nowhere. This is because Metro’s map is deceving and NOT to scale.

Here is a side by side map of the stops in Alexandria and Fairfax (to scale vs. actual metro map.)

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Want to get a better perspective? Here is a map (to scale) of what the metro lines look like.

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In the grand scheme of things, Huntington is not as far away as, say, Shady Grove and Glenmont are.

Interesting fact about my new station:

The north (lower) mezzanine is home to Metro’s only fully public restroom, an automatic self-cleaning toilet manufactured by Exeloo, opened in October 2003. The automatic restroom was installed as part of a pilot project to determine customer acceptance and feasibility of the concept, as well as the impact on safety and cleanliness. According to then-General Manager Richard A. White in the online Lunchtalk chat dated June 3, 2005, there are no plans to extend the program to any other stations.

Check out the latest stupid video, brought to you by WMATA.