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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are homeless drug addled people in NYC too - why is Union Station your biggest fear?[/quote]

+1 - the folks around Penn Station in NY were way more concerning than anyone in Union Station - this was over July 4th. And yet, I, a woman alone, on foot, not armed, managed to survive.[/quote]

Are you “street smart?”  Did you grow up in a city?

- because OP described her son as naive, kind of clueless, and unaware of his surroundings.

That is the source of her concern, people.

Maybe he will learn his lessons the hard way.  Is that what you all want?[/quote]

So why isn’t she planning this with her adult son instead of for him? Either he doesn’t want to listen to her overreacting to him doing something normal, or she isn’t interested in teaching because she wants to control the situation to try to alleviate her anxiety. If she were trying to teach him how to handle the metro at night, she probably would’ve done that before he became an adult. [/quote]

Because idiots like yourself don't believe there is any danger anywhere, at any time. Common sense dictates that coming into a train station known to be laden with homeless/mentally ill late at night (since trains are often delayed, OP's son will probably be closer to 10:30 or 11:00 PM) alone might not be a wise thing to do. Add to this, police officers who don't do their job and a mayor who has no desire to handle rising crime rates in the city and you have what can be a bad situation for a kid that's not well-traveled. I guess OP's husband can go pick him up, but given said crime rates late at night in DC (y'all are waxing poetic about carjackings in other threads), that might not be so wise either.

You have no idea if OP's kid has used metro at night, during the day, or at any time, or whether or not the metro will even be running if the train is delayed. Uber or a cab is a costly option, but definitely an option.  OP's kid should take the train to NYC during the day, and make the return trip by BestBus or Vamoose Bus back, or fly home. [/quote]

Holy aggressive, over the top response. You’re saying that because I’m capable of getting myself safely from point A to point B, I think there’s no danger anywhere, thus OP should micromanage her adult son’s day trip transportation rather than enabling him to plan it himself. Wow. That’s some kind of logic you have there.   :roll: 
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I think the PP is making a general response to the idiots on this thread. There’s a whole lot of judging and superiority, including your post.[/quote]

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