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Originally Posted by TCSimpson
Guess it depends on where you live or what you describe as satellite TV. Here in NYC, it's all things cable with tons of folks watching via the internet over smart phones, tablets et al, or having their internet connected to their TVs and using a service like Hulu, Netflix to catch up on shows.
As far as reading, I ride the subways daily. In every subway car, which routinely carry from 100 to 150 people, there a few things you will see. About 10 to 15 folks reading via their phones or tablets or readers, and maybe 3 or 4 print books. Many other folks are on their phones and tablets playing games etc. Every train has 10 cars.
I'm also in the park on a daily basis here to run and I see more folks with tablets and ereaders than I do print books, lounging on their towels or folding chairs.
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I see a lot of people with tablets, and phones but few with ereaders. I see twice as many with paper who are not poking constantly at the screen where I live currently. I assume, perhaps stupidly, that those who are poking at the screen are not actually reading a book, but texting, typing or playing a game.
My winter residence in a big city I see a lot less ereaders and more people actually talking on their phones. Most of the people on the bus or skytrain are reading nothing and the vast majority of those who are reading are reading the free papers/handouts etc, that you can get at any stop. Go figure. And I have never seen anyone lounging on a towel with an ereader, although I do know it happens. can't recall the last time I have seen it with a paper book either. Park benches, all paper, waiting rooms/hospitals where I spent a lot of time last year, all paper, no phones, 1 tablet, 1 ereader(mine)
But I have never been to NYC and perhaps it is the capital of the big time readers as well as the state. Hoping to go there one day as I have been in many US cities and really should see New York.
Helen
I guess New Yorkers are overall