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This is such a dystopian phenomenon, I'm far from an expert but I guess it's a matter of city planning?

• lqet 2y ago
  It's very hard to avoid this. It's mostly a combination of railway noise, throughput of a large number of people who are only travelling through, opportunities for pickpockets and beggars, and historically of soot and air pollution by steam engines, which makes these areas unattractive to live in. And it is not for lack of trying. City planners since at least the 1850ies have been trying to improve the areas surrounding large train stations.
  • Symbiote 2y ago
    It's also a very large building or roofed space, where it's more difficult than elsewhere to accuse homeless etc of loitering.
• Beretta_Vexee 2y ago
  It is difficult to avoid, as metro passengers are mainly residents or workers in nearby premises. Station halls are also much bigger and attract the marginalised who want to shelter from the elements.