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The top 99.9% don’t want to ride with the bottom .1%, I mean seriously, during the pandemic Seattle light rail and buses seemed to have turned into mobile day c

The top 99.9% don’t want to ride with the bottom .1%, I mean seriously, during the pandemic Seattle light rail and buses seemed to have turned into mobile day centers for unhoused neighbors. Rule of law is lacking in the USA in a way that isn’t lacking in Europe or Asia. I feel safe even on the paris metro, but definitely on a metro in Switzerland or subway in Beijing or Tokyo, in a way that I don’t on Seattle light rail. We just don’t get nice things I guess.

bilbo0s 2y ago
Paris metro? You saw no criminals, nor SDF nor mentally ill? You’re either lying, and have never actually been on the Paris metro. Or you’re lying, and you saw plenty of SDF and mentally ill, but just wanted to take a jab at the US. There is crime on the Paris metro all the time. Fights. Mentally ill people screaming. Open theft. And heaven help if you’re a woman. Maybe a guy comes and sits down next to you and pleasures himself. I feel confident calling BS on your comment.
- seanmcdirmid 2y ago
  They exist on the Paris metro of course, which is why I called it out with “even”, just nowhere near the extreme on the Seattle light rail. People who only think in binary like you are really annoying and aren’t very interesting to talk to though.
  - bilbo0s 2y ago
    Perhaps you find us annoying because we're less likely to buy into your BS?
- indoordin0saur 2y ago
  Paris Metro is better (but not a lot better) than NYC in this regard. The thing the two cities have is that there are millions of law abiding people who ride them. The crazies and criminals are like 1% of the people in the system at any given time but there are so many normal people that it's not as noticeable. You go somewhere like SF's BART though and you'll sometimes find there are more homeless than normal people on a train.

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The top 99.9% don’t want to ride with the bottom .1%, I mean seriously, during the pandemic Seattle light rail and buses seemed to have turned into mobile day c

by seanmcdirmid 2y ago

bilbo0s 2y ago
Paris metro? You saw no criminals, nor SDF nor mentally ill? You’re either lying, and have never actually been on the Paris metro. Or you’re lying, and you saw plenty of SDF and mentally ill, but just wanted to take a jab at the US. There is crime on the Paris metro all the time. Fights. Mentally ill people screaming. Open theft. And heaven help if you’re a woman. Maybe a guy comes and sits down next to you and pleasures himself. I feel confident calling BS on your comment.
- seanmcdirmid 2y ago
  They exist on the Paris metro of course, which is why I called it out with “even”, just nowhere near the extreme on the Seattle light rail. People who only think in binary like you are really annoying and aren’t very interesting to talk to though.
  - bilbo0s 2y ago
    Perhaps you find us annoying because we're less likely to buy into your BS?
- indoordin0saur 2y ago
  Paris Metro is better (but not a lot better) than NYC in this regard. The thing the two cities have is that there are millions of law abiding people who ride them. The crazies and criminals are like 1% of the people in the system at any given time but there are so many normal people that it's not as noticeable. You go somewhere like SF's BART though and you'll sometimes find there are more homeless than normal people on a train.