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LA Metro has some of the slowest escalators

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  1. arionhardison · · 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. TylerE · · focus · HN ↗
      Unfortunately NY transit sucks if you're disabled and can't deal with stairs.
      1. arionhardison · · focus · HN ↗
        I didn't know this but given the multiple: "This is an accessible station" alerts it makes sense. Hopefully this is something that can change soon.
        1. sylas4 · · focus · HN ↗

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          1. tough · · focus · HN ↗
            edit: nevermind. commenter clarified and prior comment indeed does look AI gen. probs auto-flagged as they said.
            1. wyrdcurt · · focus · HN ↗
              Probably was auto-flagged for being AI-generated, looks Claudish. Brand new account too.
              1. tough · · focus · HN ↗
                ooof yes on a re-read and further inspection looks clearly AI so i just unvouched.

                Thanks for the heads up.

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