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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thought of this thread.

Metro Passenger Dies After Trying to Ride On Top of Train
https://mocoshow.com/blog/metro-passenger-dies-after-trying-to-ride-on-top-of-train/?fbclid=IwAR2QQS6QlOmKILf9jNaq3e1CJ-CeqwuSqZ3Tw61Zg9aMyAxh_qlxSWKFQgg

I stopped riding the metro to work about 18 years ago. I hardly ride it anymore.

I tend to read stuff online and roll my eyes thinking people just exaggerate so much.

My daughter rode the metro into DC the other day and I picked her up at night (from the suburbs no less!). Gotta admit - the people hanging around the metro station were skeevy. Did not feel comfortable at all.

Ended up riding the metro last week. Haven't been on the metro in years. Was surprised how not clean it looked. I didn't see anyone evade the fares so there is that.

But one or two of my fellow riders - weird, weird, weird behavior. Anti-social behavior.

[b]Does this mean I've fully embraced the Karen from the suburbs vibe? Because, I don't want to be in a close car with anti-social behavior.[/b]

What the heck is going on?
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Honestly? Yeah, probably.

I'm commuting on the metro four days/week, as well as pretty frequent off-peak rides, and have been for the past 15 years or so. Aside from farebeaters being a bit more common, riding feels just as safe as it did when I was a fresh-faced college grad.

In any event, it's an order of magnitude safer than driving. I guess it's all about your personal sense of agency.[/quote]

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