There’s a big difference between someone who happens to live in a city and someo...

gdulli · 2025-11-23T23:57:54 1763942274

There's also a big difference between anecdotes/instances of crime and a statistical reason to live in fear.

shitlord · 2025-11-24T00:50:07 1763945407

Sure, but fear has little basis in statistics. People still worry about plane crashes and instead opt to drive.

gdulli · 2025-11-24T03:09:37 1763953777

Right, that's why it's unfortunately so easy to commit the evil of manipulating people by nurturing their fear.

nobody9999 · 2025-11-24T06:07:38 1763964458

In NYC, private vehicles are responsible for 10x the deaths of humans than crime on the subway.

As such, I'm in much more (10x, in fact) danger from someone driving than I am from a fellow subway rider.

But yeah. The subway is way too dangerous /eyeroll. Please.