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Originally Posted by craigs
Has crime and disorder really increased on trains and buses, or is it that people perceive an increase in crime and disorder because there are fewer orderly, non-criminal riders on the trains and buses?
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I don't think it's this. Rather, there's a right-wing narrative about cities, and part of that narrative is "transit is overrun with junkies, hobos and thugs". It's the same narrative that claims cities were burned down in riots in 2020, that homeless camps have taken over the streets, that welfare-queen illegals have taken over the populace, that schools are nothing but drag queens force-teaching CRT. It's basically crap.
I've ridden the trains extensively before, during and after the pandemic, and see no major changes. Granted, I haven't ridden in other U.S. cities since the pandemic began, but I doubt it's particularly different. I rode the trains in Toronto a few months ago, and it was the same as always.