No no, I may be saying something really wrong here, but the point i'm trying to make is that passengers currently are complaining about both the look of stations and the amount of trains running. This is due to the limited budget the MTA has. Maybe the problem with the MTA and their money is that they have too many things to maintain, and what would make it easier is to simplify the situation. Take for example 18th St. Now I get it's a high ridership station. But it's really 4 blocks away from 14th st, and another 5 blocks away from 23rd st. The money used to maintain 18th st, could instead be used to improve and maintain both 14th st and 23rd st to have bigger platforms, ada requirements, screen doors, etc. For an extra 2-3 mins of walking, you save an extraordinary amount of money that could improve neighboring stations in anticipation of future crowds by closing one station. It doesn't have to be 18th st, I'm talking about stations anywhere in the system that are bunched up together (3-4 blocks apart). Is it really necessary for a station that's 3 streets up when I could walk the distance in 1 to 2 minutes?