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hlthe2b

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4. Exactly... One can become a victim anywhere. I only wear "NON-noise cancelling" earbuds

Reply to North Shore Chicago (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 15, 2021, 08:24 AM

Feb 2021

on low volumes when out and about--AND WITH my dog-- who serves as an early warning for people (or animals) approaching. Otherwise, I don't wear them when out walking.

That said, I'd never stand right beside the tracks. One might not get a seat standing back--which is why so many stand inches from the edge, but they'd have to literally drag you a dozen or more feet to do this if you stand back.

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NYC seeing terrifying string of straphangers shoved onto subway tracks [View all] Klaralven Feb 2021 OP

NYC has no appeal to me Rorey Feb 2021 #1

There's nothing there worth the $40 for a ride in and back Klaralven Feb 2021 #8

I've been there many times--typically for professional conferences. If you have $$$ it can be great hlthe2b Feb 2021 #9

It's the crowds, among other things Rorey Feb 2021 #14

I lived in the northeast over 30 years ago, and spent a lot of time in NYC shrike3 Feb 2021 #21

Frank disagrees 😉 Dem4Life1102 Feb 2021 #10

That's too bad PJMcK Feb 2021 #25

I agree kcr Feb 2021 #28

I love NYC! Lived there moonscape Feb 2021 #30

I love where I live, but many don't share my opinion Rorey Feb 2021 #31

One more reason North Shore Chicago Feb 2021 #2

AMEN! Earbuds and staring at that GD phone screen make me crazy. Pay attention to the world! CurtEastPoint Feb 2021 #3

Exactly... One can become a victim anywhere. I only wear "NON-noise cancelling" earbuds hlthe2b Feb 2021 #4

This! LisaM Feb 2021 #11

Absolutely Rorey Feb 2021 #15

Why I would never wear earbuds while going about my business. And why I rarely look at my phone when shrike3 Feb 2021 #22

Given they are shoved WHILE WAITING for the train, why are they calling them "straphangers?" hlthe2b Feb 2021 #5

Straphangers is a common term for bus or subway riders. LisaM Feb 2021 #12

As I said, I am well aware of the use of the term for those who stand on the subway. They were hlthe2b Feb 2021 #13

It annoyed me too soothsayer Feb 2021 #19

I've only ever seen it used by newspaper writers kcr Feb 2021 #27

The New York Daily News cleaves to mid-20th century tabloid nomenclature. musette_sf Feb 2021 #29

History of mental illness? Huh. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2021 #6

I haven't taken the subway in a while here in Boston, but that has always scared me here as smirkymonkey Feb 2021 #7

Agreed! ProfessorGAC Feb 2021 #16

Only people with less than half a brain stand on the edge of a subway platform Jersey Devil Feb 2021 #17

Why is he on the streets? judesedit Feb 2021 #18

Situational Awareness isn't just for spy movies. displacedtexan Feb 2021 #20

Terrifying. Makes sense that mental illness is behind it most of the time, Hortensis Feb 2021 #23

Reminds me of the "Mad Bomber" in the 50s. kskiska Feb 2021 #24

If I'm on a subway/metro platform in any city anywhere in the world.... marmar Feb 2021 #26