I guess for the people who don't live in NYC, an explanation is needed. Subways in NYC are dirty. Like hell. And lots of homeless people ride them. A subway car

I guess for the people who don't live in NYC, an explanation is needed. Subways in NYC are dirty. Like hell. And lots of homeless people ride them. A subway car with one or a few homeless people in is not pleasant to ride in. From the olfactory point of view. And sometimes from the safety point of view too. But there's some improvement too. About half a decade ago subways stared to consistently stop between stations. You would stay there between stations for multiple minutes. Almost every day. This was discussed here on HN [1]. Well, one way or another, this stopped being a problem. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16577171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16577171