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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With buses and public transportation generally, [b]you are going to get a lot of people explaining that they don't want to be in close proximity to poor people. I mean, they'll say "safety" or something, but this is what they mean[/b].

Also, some people just don't want to be in proximity to people generally, I've found. I am a longtime bus rider and have had many coworkers and neighbors tell me they couldn't do it because it means being near too many people. They don't want to make eye contact with other people, be close enough to smell them (even if they smell objectively good I guess, though as a longtime bus rider I can assure you most people do not smell objectively good, especially in the summer), and -- god forbid -- speak with them.

This is a major cultural obstacle to widespread adoption of public transportation in the US, I think. People have become very accustomed to personal space, being on their own personal timeline, not having to perform the basic niceties of being in public. Covid has made it worse. I don't know how to change it. I have always kind of liked being around other people, but I've learned I"m an outlier here.[/quote]

What a ridiculous comment. I have no problem being near poor people ([b]how would I even know they're poor[/b])?  It's the mentally ill and criminals that I'd prefer to not be around because I'd like to return home to my family at the end of the workday. [/quote]

Because they're on the bus...[/quote]

I love your circular logic![/quote]

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