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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All i know is when I was a kid in the 80s, and DC was a far poorer town, I never saw anyone (except MAYBE someone really destitute looking people) jump the fair gates. We had our little pink student metrocards and we used them. If you lost your card, you would ask a stranger for money (OK, maybe not the best idea, but people helped!) or ask the station manager for a break. Jumping was just not even part of the equation.

Now, I am sure some teenagers etc did it on the regular, but the idea of every day seeing normal, employed-looking 20-30- and 40-something people just walking thru (over) the gates without paying (like we do today) -- because they felt like not paying -- was not a thing at all.

Chaos begets chaos. Not paying begets more not paying. Safety goes down. All the other rules like not drinking, eating or smoking (weed) fall apart too.

The new WMATA guy at least seems to get this and has made a read dent in the problem. No one wants to be handing out big fine (that won't get paid) or for anyone to go to jail. Just be a good citizen about it. [/quote]

I wonder about this too...how did it suddenly become a thing?  Some kid did it and then his friends started and then when they did not get in trouble many kids did it.  The kids grew up and still continued to jump.  Other people then felt that paying was optional...[/quote]

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