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Most in America were eliminated after the 9/11 attacks. The idea was to reduce the number of hiding/storing places for bombs and weapons.
by kindatrue 7y ago
Most in America were eliminated after the 9/11 attacks.
The idea was to reduce the number of hiding/storing places for bombs and weapons.
- jessaustin 7y agoHow old are you? Most of these lockers were eliminated long before that.
- ghaff 7y agoI'm not sure public lockers in the US were ever really part of the culture. They were probably more common in airports and the like at one point. And, yeah, maybe 9/11 eliminated some vestigial examples but having places to leave your stuff other than doing so surreptitiously at a hotel or whatever hasn't been routine for as long as I can remember.
- wrboyce 7y agoI’m not from the US and know very little of the culture, but I would hazard a guess that they must’ve been at some point due to how many times I have seen them used in Hollywood (more often than not for illicit exchanges). Was the whole idea of public lockers at transport terminals just poetic license?
- ghaff 7y agoI am... not young. I don't recall them ever being ubiquitous/expected like they are in, say, Japan. A few decades ago they were almost certainly more common. I can recall storing a bag to go into Manhattan for a few hours. They may very well have been common at one point in train stations when people traveled that way more. I also suspect though that, to the degree lockers were useful as a plot detail, they were possibly created when they weren't actually that common.
- ncmncm 7y agoThere used to be lockers at all bus stations, and most airports in the US. Maybe you didn't notice because you weren't interested. Those at airports usually had to be found by asking at the info desk.
- refurb 7y agoYeah, they were common, but started to disappear long before 9/11. I know the Stockholm airport still has locker rentals.