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Raecino t1_iys4udv wrote

Reply to comment by Adventurous_Key3647 in University of Pennsylvania student attacked in Center City; female suspect sought by JBizznass

I lived in NYC for 12 years, you get a better idea of the safety when you live there compared to just visiting. There’s definitely been more consistent attacks on the subways there compared to attacks on the trains here. Of course personal experience varies but overall NYC subways are more dangerous.

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Accomplished-Low-173 t1_iysamy2 wrote

Where did you live? I lived in Bed Stuy (not the gentrified Bed Stuy, but near Broadway Junction Bed Stuy) and the trains are much safer in NYC. Even in Brownsville and in the worst areas of the Bronx

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Raecino t1_iysh96p wrote

Doubt that. I lived in Astoria Queens and East Harlem. I worked as a realtor so I took the trains to every part of the city almost every single day. Not only were fights more common on New York trains but incidents where mentally ill people randomly attacked others is more common there. I knew coworkers who were attacked (one was stabbed trying to intervene when a mentally ill man attacked a pregnant woman), my cousin was beat over the head with a pipe on a train in queens, I’ve gotten into a fight myself there as well among many other examples I could give personally and what’s been on the news. It’s just not true that the trains are more dangerous in Philly.

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Accomplished-Low-173 t1_iysjqp4 wrote

Well ok, 125th st Lexington av is probably the absolute worst station in NYC. But Queens? Even Jamaica Center (which is most likely the most “sketch” station in Queens) is MUCH nicer than City Hall. Idk bro. You might have been unlucky. I mean Astoria? Can’t get safer than that neighborhood, including the Subway

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