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Taken the bus/metro in Los Angeles? Meth, knives, people taking a piss right there... My wife refuses to take any kind of public transportation alone.

• mixmastamyk 4y ago
  If you want transportation free of sleepers and walking dead, there must be fares and gates. Otherwise you’ll end up with the horrors of the LA Metro… meth heads smoking up, stairs dripping with blood, etc.
  • scrollaway 4y ago
    Some Americans will believe anything that helps them push away the thought that their social safety net is broken.
    • mixmastamyk 4y ago
      No belief here, seen with my own eyes. Nationalism not a good look.
  • dx034 4y ago
    Many European cities have low flat fares and no gates. And yet, they don't encounter the problems LA has. Maybe it's a problem of society and not public transport.
    • Ferret7446 4y ago
      Even if it's due to society, what are you going to do? Burn LA/CA to the ground and rebuild its society and culture to your tastes? The fact is that in the context of LA, fares and gates are needed.
      • quintushoratius 4y ago
        How about we try healthcare and housing? No need to sleep on the bus when you can sleep at home.
        • mixmastamyk 4y ago
          Yes, and definitely before free transit.
    • senttoschool 4y ago
      It's funny how every time these things get brought up, some body will always write "well, there wouldn't be crackheads on the bus if our society was perfect. Let's make society better first, then we can solve crackheads on busses".
    • mixmastamyk 4y ago
      Good root cause analysis; now get on it before free transit.