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>They smell bad, are unattractive and grouchy. >I certainly won't miss riding the BART with sketchy looking characters at 12am. I wonder if there is differenc
by aqsalose 9y ago
>They smell bad, are unattractive and grouchy.
>I certainly won't miss riding the BART with sketchy looking characters at 12am.
I wonder if there is difference in the amount of, erm, sketchiness of your sketchy looking characters in public transit and what I see here where I live (Helsinki).
Taking a bus or metro during the normal daylight hours, I usually see a reasonable cross-section of the society, no less or more attractive than people you would see in any other public space. I can't recall anyone who would have smelled that bad (not counting the occasional overdose of perfume), not even the beggar who tries to sell The Big Issue.
- danans 9y agoThere is no comparison, because you aren't comparing transit systems, you are comparing the differences in the societies' minimum standard of living. It's very likely that the beggar in Finland has access to much better public goods (like perhaps basic housing - hence a shower, healthcare) than their American counterpart.
- vibrato 9y agoAs a Chicagoan, I’m jealous of all the non smelly public transit options written about here. More than once I’ve identified individuals by smell before seeing them