Last time my wife and I took a subway home from lower Manhattan we first dealt with a homeless man who entered the subway and tried to steal my wife's leftover

Last time my wife and I took a subway home from lower Manhattan we first dealt with a homeless man who entered the subway and tried to steal my wife's leftover food. Then we dealt with another homeless person who decided a subway car was the place to smoke a cigar. People calling this stuff an "internet mirage" are just delusional to the reality that is slowly destroying the subway system. Why do you think ridership is down to 55% of pre-covid levels?