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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We went to the zoo last weekend and took the metro in.  Admittedly, I haven't been on the metro in the past 5 years (before I had kids).  I was shocked at how many people on the metro seem like they are half out of their minds.  Screaming to themselves, smelling like feces, clearly on something, etc.  I felt so uncomfortable having my kids near them and I regretted not just buying a zoo parking pass.

Maybe the metro has always been like this, but I never noticed before I had kids.  Do you guys skip the metro if you have young kids?

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That's how suburbanites see urban centers because they aren't used to that environment. Its very much a country mouse visiting his big city cousin.[/quote]

Downplaying real crime and safety issues on metro and couching it in cutsey and dismissive language helps no one. People being shot on platforms during rush hour, stabbed in stations during rush hour, including major hubs like MC and LP did not happen in the past. A woman was just stabbed on a green line train at 5pm by stranger at NY on a day there were games at Nats Park and Audi.

Even "city mice" to borrow your term, deserve better than that. [/quote]

Agreed, but I feel sorry for these “city mice” who are revealing their provincial and unsophisticated world views with these comments. Evidently they have never traveled or lived in urban centers in Europe and Asia where people can enjoy public resources with lower crime, violence and vagrancy. So sad and I hope that they have a chance to discover that urban living does not necessarily mean accepting criminal and antisocial behavior in public spaces as normal. [/quote]

This. I have been taking Metro for decades, and buses even more so (raise your hand if you’re familiar with the X2), and it’s such b.s..[/quote]

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