Another day, another death on the NYC subway
The subway is really now an occupational hazard. How are you all coping?
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So sad
>now
lmao
Does Anyone else keep an eye on everyone in your cart and stay close to the door? I also would love to hear if there’s anyone else out there who Carrie’s a weapon with them, if so, what?
Your horrible butchering of the word "carries" makes me want to start a GoFundMe for you.
Has to be autocorrect
Carrie is a weapon?
If shes fat enough and you can use her as a battering ram, then sure.
It’s an open Carrie Nation
I grew up in a very rough neighborhood and had to take the subway all the time. Got jumped on a platform twice as a teen and got into some scuffles on the train growing up. Here is some advice: 1) if going to stand near the yellow on the floor so you can get on first, dont let anyone stand behind you especially when train is approaching, if I see someone, I step aside or stand sideways so I have great balance and can react if needed. 2) If you see a group of mean mugging people looking for trouble, that means they are. Walk to the next stop, trust me this would of saved me from trouble in the past. 3) As f'ed up as this sounds…if you see a group of Manhattan bros just hanging. Stay close to them, chances are they won't do anything to hurt you. 4) keep your eye on peoples hands. I've learned that peoples hands will tell you everything you need to know, where are they positioned and if you can see them / look off, follow your gut and immediately walk away. 5) sometimes you are in the train and now you are trapped and nothing you can really do if something goes down, do yourself a favor and try to never stand in the center or sit in the center. I always sit next to the door in between cars, easy escape route if something looks off or pops off. That's all I really got atm, the subway these days are scary but it's more scary when you walk in there scared and a easy target. Just be cool, be aware and smart. Dont look like a pussy when traveling above 125th ST and you'll be ok.
Great post. The hands is a great tip - learned this from a retired FBI officer at firm safety training.
Will add not to get on the subway with headphones on, at least take one earbud out so you have some sense of what's going on. Can't believe how many people I see walking around at night with the huge over-ear headphones on these days.
Can also go to the next subway car at the next stop if you have a bad feeling about someone
The fact that you have to dish out that kind of advice is just sad in itself. But I'm glad you spread the word for the rest of us. Where I live, we drive everywhere and public transport just isn't a thing, so this was pretty whack for me to read if I'm honest.
Can you explain the hands thing more? Which gestures to look out for?
Thanks for the awesome advice! Moving to NYC soon and I’ve been a bit worried hearing all this bad news.
I was wondering what you meant by “Manhattan bros”? You mean like the posh-looking guys in suits?
Also, if you dress up decently well (dress shirt and dress shoes) and walk on a subway, have you noticed more or less negative attention? I ask because my firm allows either casual or business casual attire and I was planning on dressing well but I don’t want to attract the wrong sort of attention if I look “well off”.
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I'd reconsider going there.
Damn this sounds like some shit you'd have to do in Gotham. Why doesn't the government make the effort to actually make public transport comfortable and safe to use instead of people needing to enter survival mode every time they get into a platform.
Because they’re going to get elected regardless. Career politicians no longer see the job as public service and serving their country but as a way to get rich quick, funneling as much tax payer dollars into their pockets as possible and taking bribes from mega donors.
Since it's America, I assume you all are responding to this by arming yourselves to the teeth with guns?
Not in NYC. Only violent criminals and celebrities have guns. No one else is allowed to have them. The Supreme Court just overturned New York’s law effectively banning people from legally carrying outside their house and the state’s response is to ignore the ruling and double down. It’s a lawless city and state.
Something tells me you've never even visited NYC
keep voting for democrats and this is what you'll see...
You're really going to be that guy, huh? So early on a Sunday morning too.
Better to be that guy and stay alive than act like it’s not a thing and have your kids grow up in a communist shithole
Yeah if that 14 year old had an AK-47 this never would have happened. Hate the democrats
I'm in the process of moving to NYC so, obviously, I'm keeping a close eye on stories like this.
I was already concerned about the subway - and public transport in general - because Covid is still very much a thing and I have no interest in dying alone with a breathing tube down my throat.
My counter to this is that I will be living close to the office - I'm buying, not renting - and I have asked my real estate agents to focus on buildings in FiDi. I am going to live no more than a mile from work and will not need to ride the subway. Anything else (or bad weather days) I will just uber or drive my own car. I took these expenses into account when negotiating my new salary so I think it will be a viable plan. Yes, buying a condo in FiDi might cost me more than a co-op in other neighborhoods, but it's worth it to me.
lol you're going to drive your car 1 mile? Where exactly would you park?
Well, your mom said I could stop by any time!
Just a few things:
1) Nothing wrong with FiDi, but it is one of the cheapest neighborhoods in Manhattan (that has also suffered some of the biggest price declines recently). Again, nothing wrong with it, but your comment about paying up for this is a bit strange (maybe condo vs coop)
2) driving a car in bad weather 1 mile to the office is a bad idea. Not only for the cost, but for the fact that you have stated many times you have a sports car (and I believe without AWD) so if the weather is that bad (specifically talking about snow) then it is going to be worse for you to drive. I would recommend Uber (although usually subway is your best bet in bad weather)
3) not sure what buying vs renting has to do in this context. Found it odd that it was included.
Realize my post sounds negative, not trying to be, but just found some of your comments odd and not very related to the discussion.
I'm bringing both cars with me, one is an SUV with AWD so I'm OK with that in the weather.
The buying/renting discussion should probably be another thread (for any number of reasons), but I'm including that in the sense that I am committed to the area. I think that's important if you're going to show that the city can improve and can be on an upswing in spite of the negative side that the subways et. al. are portraying right now.
Man I don’t understand how physically healthy people are still worried about Covid. I’m vaccinated and more worried about any long term effects of the vaccine than I am of Covid, which I’ve had (and believe I’ve had it multiple times but still not sure if that’s possible)
"Covid is still very much a thing". Lol
Are you that person that drives on its own with the mask on? Lmao
These posts are so weird to me. Never had any issue on the subway in NYC or Chicago and don’t plan to have any issue. You know how many people ride the subway every day with no problems? I saw a post on the reddit travel forum the other day about someone scared to come to America because it was so crime ridden and racist. Absolutely insane. You guys are crazy stop reading the news you’ll never leave your house.
I agree w you to an extent but to say that crime isn’t increasing in metro areas (all led by dems) would be to ignore the issue
Nowhere in my post did I say that
These types of events only need to happen to you once.
I recommend you stay inside then. The world is a scary place
Yeah ok pal. The implication being that the victims of stuff like this plan to have an issue...?
I agree that getting into a panic over this is overly sensationalist but you seem to have main character syndrome.
Lol I literally had to google main character syndrome and the first thing that popped up was that it’s a Tik Tok phrase. The irony that you used a Tik Tok phrase to say I’m out of touch (the definition given) is comical. You’re literally proving my point
They just arrested a suspect, apparently not a random crime like some of the recent ones have been if that makes anyone feel better. Very sad for a young kid to lose his life though.
Driving is still orders of magnitude more dangerous than any kind of public transportation, I don’t see what all the hype is over. Drunks and drug addicts are scary, but they are much more scary when they’re in control of two tons of steel.
I heard about what happened whilst it is sad. The 14 year old was a known gang member known as Notti Osama who has been rumored to have killed others as well. Apparently the guy who killed him was one of his "opps".
Yeah. This wasn't some random kid that got stabbed to death by a crazed homeless person or something. Notti Osama is a gang member and rapper. Here's one of his songs:
More context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8P2RqCZNZo
Y'all call everyone with a YouTube video a rapper. It's like calling me a basketball player because I made a three and posted it on YouTube.
Seems like an upstanding citizen.
NYC has a very low murder rate compared to many U.S. cities which is an accomplishment in and of itself given it's population and population density. NYC crime has been on a steady decline for a solid 2 decades, I'm talking trendlines not 1 year blips.
This has all occured with democrats running the city. But since politics is about feelings, the data above is irrelevant.
NYC crime began decreasing due to Guliani
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_drop
Only if Giuliani was mayor of most major cities starting in the late 80s and early 90s…
It's not looking good and I would not want to raise my kids long term in NYC. RIP to the young teen.
You guys are incorrigible… this was a targeted gang hit far uptown on a known gang member in response to a diss song. It’s tragic for the child and the family, it’s horrible that we have 14 year olds caught up in that world, but it has literally zero bearing on what anyone here will experience in the city. If this makes you fear for your commute, you probably shouldn’t ever leave the house…
What makes this worse is that there are people here who are trying to pitch this as "normal". Sorry, but a child getting stabbed on a train that we are all supposed to use is not normal, whatever the reason.
It’s not normal, it’s horrifying. It also has little to nothing to do with the subway itself - he got attacked outside the station because of the diss track and it spilled over onto the platform. If your psycho ex comes and attacks you in the parking lot because they knew you’d be there, that isn’t an indictment of the parking lot. I have plenty of frustrations with my daily commute, but safety is pretty low on the list of realistic concerns
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