>I'm sure there are alternatives since mass transit has been around since before phones. Of course: before phones became common, everyone read books on the tra

>I'm sure there are alternatives since mass transit has been around since before phones. Of course: before phones became common, everyone read books on the trains. Why exactly is this depressing? Now, instead of reading manga in a physical book, they're reading manga on their phone. >what struck me was that most people did not seem to have any awareness of what was going on around them. I would observe people on the train and not once did anyone look up. When you're packed in a crowded train where most people are standing and there's barely enough room for everyone, "observing people" just isn't something you do. Most people aren't tall enough to see anything anyway.