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In quite a few places in NYC, including the subway, it actually feels like a crazy person could stab you at any moment. When people leave the city and feel an
by twblalock 4y ago
In quite a few places in NYC, including the subway, it actually feels like a crazy person could stab you at any moment.
When people leave the city and feel an unanticipated sense of relaxation, it's because they were used to living in fear and looking over their shoulders all the time, and they don't need to do that in their new surroundings.
- giraffe_lady 4y agoIt feels that way mostly because there is a coordinated media campaign to make sure people feel that way. Addiction, homelessness, and antisocial behavior are problems on the public transit of every major city but I would like to challenge you to ask yourself why we assume the natural response is fear when rates of violent crimes are at or near historic lows.
- twblalock 4y ago> Addiction, homelessness, and antisocial behavior are problems on the public transit of every major city Mainly in America. I never saw that kind of behavior on any transit I ever took in Europe or Asia. They simply would not tolerate it there. Yet again this is our government in the United States failing to control something that other countries can deal with.
- giraffe_lady 4y agoOh yeah agreed. This isn't a problem that can be solved by cops though, if it were NYC would have already solved it.