Its people looking around like deers in headlights, Natives know to mind their own business if your not intimidating enough for them to not want you in their business.

I have a inner NYCer timer, i k.o just about every train ride i get a seat. . 33 years rarely have a problem on the train just a bunch of amusing shows for when I'm not sleeping.

Start letting off fear, your more animalistic neighbors will sense prey, same way with seeming gullible and curious.

My family is female dominated 7 to 20, its always the guys with news of they had a problem.

I just want to note that the writer of this piece lives in "upper Manhattan" and works in Columbus circle.

Their subway ride is relatively short.

Of course they wouldn't experience half the unsafe things this city has to offer on the subway.

I go from Bushwick to 42nd st, on 3rd shift, and I'm a woman. I haven't been scared on the subway. Either way, the survey they sent out is definitely skewed.

“I’m appalled by our city’s failure to help the individuals who must resort to asking strangers for some cash or food, and the fact that homeless individuals sometimes need to sleep on the subway because homeless shelters are a less safe option than sleeping on the street or on the train.”

Except the city does provide food for these people, it’s nearly impossible to go hungry in this city. The sad reality is the majority of pan handlers are addicts/and or mentally ill, and not typical “down on their luck” homeless. The vast majority of the homeless population in this city, also, do utilize the shelter system. Its a small subset that choose to (attempt) to live in the subway and on the streets.

Also her “commute” is from upper Manhattan to Columbus Circle, not exactly the average NYers commute. This author seems pretty naive and out of touch, tbh.

All she had to do was say she was “very satisfied” (ie. it’s not something that she regularly deals with or experiences), instead of virtue signaling about how she feels her lived experience is representative of everyone’s.

I'm sure she also feels sorry for the guys begging in traffic on the Deegan, you know, because they're going to buy beans with that money and not fentanyl.

You would be a mentally ill addict too if you had to live on the street for a while

Im sure theres one guy who feels safe in Chicago, i guess that means all news about murders and crime in Chicago is fake news.

The only people concerned about crime are “right wing fascists” and “not from here”.

Most of them are addicts before being homeless. I know my dad had to kick his brother, my uncle out of the house because he kept stealing money/ things to sell so he can buy crack. He refused to go to rehab or get any help so hes out there homeless and we dont know what happened to him. Im sure thats how many of these addicts are homeless.

Why are you sure? I work with and talk to a lot of homeless people in the city and this is not very common.

Many of them burn bridges with their families/friends, it’s sad but it usually starts with addiction, which leads to homelessness. These aren’t people who were dutiful members of society who suddenly lost their job and are now getting high and harassing people on the subway for money.

> Start letting off fear, your more animalistic neighbors will sense prey, same way with seeming gullible and curious.

This reads like something I’d see on a gaudy neck tattoo at a BJJ gym…

Since the writer cares about traffic violence am sure she aware of the increase in traffic fatalities and pedestrians being struck by vehicles that have occurred in the pandemic. A similar increase has been documented in regards to crime incidents on the subway.

Does she care about data or “feelings”. When was the last time somebody argue “traffic fatalities were worse in the 80s” or “LA has a bigger traffic problem and that NYC is fine” to dismiss the increase in traffic fatalities that have occurred during the pandemic?

But a similar increase occurs in regards to shootings, transit incidents, recidivism, etc and you have a decent amount of people hell bent on dismissing that as “it was worse in the 80s” or “it’s actually more dangerous in Arkansas than NYC”.

And the author, a White millennial with a short commute is exactly the type of person I expect that is clamoring to fill this survey.

Almost never fails. Its always the White person that lives in a good neighborhood trying to tell everybody they are wrong.

> In truth, I am dissatisfied with all of these conditions, but not because they impact my safety on board trains; I’m appalled by our city’s failure to help the individuals

Except that has literally nothing to do with the survey. The heading of the question is something like, "How satisfied are you with the A train?". If you are dissatisfied with the city's inability to deal with the situation, then you can say you're satisfied with the train itself, since it's outside of the MTA's control.