They would get more familiar with it if more trains went there. (I don't understand why some folks are loyal to Penn at all costs — even, or especially, when GC would be more convenient for them.)
Staten Island probably doesn't want direct rail access to the rest of the city (because then the rest of the city would have direct rail access to Staten Island).
I wasn't "waving pom poms" — I was merely noting that, instead of "kililng" the ferry system, the City will probably try to shift all the costs to the . But y'all already knew that.