#im new to newsiesblr so yea lol

[racetrackmybeloved]

i cannot get over how FAR the boys travelled to tell the other boroughs about the strike. mush, race, buttons and tommy boy going to different areas of manhattan is great and all, but can we talk about specs and jojo for a minute?

since woodside and flushing appeared as two different newsie groups in brooklyn's here, i'm assuming specs had to talk to them separately. the only bridge across the east river in 1899 was the brooklyn bridge, so he had to go via brooklyn.

lower manhattan to woodside (via downtown brooklyn) to flushing then back to lower manhattan (via downtown brooklyn) is 26.1 MILES. context, a freaking marathon is 26.2 miles.

lower manhattan to the bronx and back via the third avenue bridge is 23.6 MILES. 8 HOURS AND 56 MINUTES OF WALKING.

public transportation obviously existed but it was slow and likely Not Very Good. also probably out of their budget. on top of that, the trolley strike was still going on, so in all likelihood specs and jojo would have had to walk at least a significant portion of the way.

and that's not even to mention the potential dangers of entering other newsie groups' turf. while everyone else is scared of going to brooklyn, specs is passing through like the badass he is.

conclusion: jojo and specs are absolute kings