EDIT: Went there this morning. It's basically just a shelter and a ticket booth. The drawing is spot-on.
(But what do you expect? It's not a huge stop...)
Well, I expect trash cleanup, and maybe some weed killing/prevention. And
room service. I've said it before, but just so it's clear I'm not criticizing the state of the structures, I'm surprised at the neglect of upkeep. Really, not even the one at the local county fairgrounds that basically only gets used when there's a fair (and thus similarly consists of a shelter, platform, ticket machine, and little else) has trash and leaves lingering on it at any point, despite being surrounded by eucalyptus and at the bad end of the city.
It doesn't look that bad in the comic, really... it's just that everything on the West Coast is so damn sterile. (Manhattan, too...)
On architecture, I think you confuse 'newer' with 'sterile'. We also use far less brick with its inherently random coloration, but that's because we have different architectural influences. On trash and weeds, we certainly do have a lot of that floating about, but not on train platforms. Even the Metro in south LA, surrounded by trash filled lots and people with spray cans and a disregard for others property has been well kept when I've ridden it.
What the monkeybuggering hell is everybody freaking out about?
Take your pick:
(2) Jeph depicting several pieces of litter at a railway station.
I think I'm the only one interested in that, actually. And I just found the contrast with my own experience notable and worthy of asking about.
My opinion on the "I love you" debate is that she said it reflexively, then realized that she
meant it, and holy crap my relationship is reaching a new level but he just
left, please comfort me you beautiful bottle of bourbon. So she's coping with that revelation.
On time, there's been at least one timeskip (remember, they hooked up and got serious before Marten and Dora (Mora? Dorten?) broke up) so it may be six months since they started dating.