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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]" grew up in NYC and I would take the subway to high school. One of the 3 specialized ones at the time in the late 90s. I got tired of the subway and being crammed in with people all the time. I saw homeless people , naked people, sicko men doing disgusting acts, fights and shootings. I left to college upstate and moved to the burbs after graduating. I got a job in the burbs too and my apt was 5 min away by car. So much better than stinky long subway commutes with crazy people. "

I was in NYC in the 90s and it was the most clean and crime free it's ever been, during that time. What you describe sounds more like mid 70s Manhattan, via an array of fictional films.[/quote]

I've been in NYC since 1990 and would agree that in the 90s it had its fill of homeless, naked sickos, fights and shootings.  It's never really been clean and crime free.  I met people who were toddlers here in the 90s and they remember being instructed by their daycare teachers "not to touch the needles" when they were taken to Riverside Park playgrounds.  While you won't see needles in the playgrounds anymore, you will see homeless people sleeping in Riverside Park (they used to hide in the tunnels, but now they are loudly and proudly camping out visibly).  
There is a lot less effort put into maintaining social norms.  Or maybe I should say, the new social norm is to expose and impose your mental issues on everyone around you.[/quote]

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