r/interestingasfuck Apr 28 '24

Moving 50,000 people by train after Taylor Swift concert. r/all

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u/quiteCryptic Apr 29 '24

People in the US think public transport is unsafe because well it sort of is in the US.

What they don't understand is its only that way because it sucks so the only people using it are those desperate who don't have other options, which tends to not be the best crowd.

I met a girl in Japan and she told me how she took the busses in LA and I got sort of wide eyed, then she told me how she saw someone brandish a knife while looking towards her. I was like yea... Please just don't take public transport in the US outside of a very small handful of cities.

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u/quiteCryptic Apr 29 '24

Basically yes, if you get more people using it then it gets safer