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1. arionhardison · 1790457559 · focus · HN ↗

   I lived in DTLA for several years and regularly used Little Tokyo/Arts District station. It was not uncommon during peak hours to see people - myself included sliding down the railing.

   I am 43 years old now and was much younger then (27-35) but I remember these days fondly. Now I live in NYC where public transit it so much better that this and many other issues that plague LA (especially the redline) do not exist but I do miss those days and look back on them fondly.

   I still have at least 1 scar I can attribute to trying this whilst wearing the wrong pants (in terms of fabric).

   1. rayiner · 1790460769 · focus · HN ↗

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      1. cucumber3732842 · 1790462297 · focus · HN ↗

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      2. tombert · 1790468602 · focus · HN ↗

         "Uncivilized"? People are in a hurry. The escalator moves slow. It seems civilized enough to me.

         1. rayiner · 1790476764 · focus · HN ↗

            Breaking routine because you’re in a hurry is definitionally uncivilized. It’s archetypal third world behavior.

            1. tombert · 1790477379 · focus · HN ↗

               Sorry, which "definition" are you pulling this from?
            2. saagarjha · 1790493233 · focus · HN ↗

               America is the country of breaking routine.

               1. rayiner · 1790514873 · focus · HN ↗

                  Not in public behavior. The oldest, best parts of America are like England in that regard, with a high level of public decorum.

                  1. saagarjha · 1790518552 · focus · HN ↗

                     I feel that you just need to accept the fact that you have no idea what America is. There are 300 million people who live here but you act like you're a tourist who landed in Las Vegas and thinks that the whole country is apparently really obsessed with slot machines and topless bars. I can't really change what you prefer but I assure you that there are plenty of us here who do not care for your circles where apparently everyone curtsies at each other.
      3. mindslight · 1790477418 · focus · HN ↗

         Don't mistake a lack of vibrancy for civilization.

         And physician, heal thyself! It's a bit rich to bemoan "archetypal third world behavior" while applying your own third world sense of order, don't you think?

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