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In NYC, I disagree. I get sick very frequently whenever I take the subway. It is absolutely disgusting.

The amount of crazy people on there is a lot too. Every friend has some story of some person assaulting or nearly assaulting them on the subway. No one truly feels safe on it.



I truly feels safe on the NYC subway.

You know what's more dangerous than riding the subway? Driving in a car.


Driving in a car is pretty dangerous when you're in some Texas suburb with 50mph arterial streets. Going 20mph through lower Manhattan with an intersection every few hundred feet, not so much


Some quick googling gives me the following figures:

https://www.chopranocerino.com/blog/new-york-accident-statis....

> There were 5,809 crashes on the busy streets of Manhattan in 2023. The borough reported 34 deaths (19 pedestrians, 11 motorists, and 4 cyclists). In total, there were 7,253 injuries.

https://www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/how-rare-is-crime-on-t...

> ...there were 1,120 violent index crimes reported as occurring on the subway in 2023, compared to 935 in 2019

Even comparing just Manhattan to the subway system as a whole, driving is more likely to result in an injury by a factor of 7x.


https://youtu.be/xloWKKVxZqI?si=IHNFOcGhiQHX3opN

Dangerous to who? Cause you seem to forget about the people outside of the car.




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