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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. rayiner · · focus · HN ↗

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      1. tombert · · focus · HN ↗
        "Uncivilized"? People are in a hurry. The escalator moves slow. It seems civilized enough to me.
        1. rayiner · · focus · HN ↗
          Breaking routine because you’re in a hurry is definitionally uncivilized. It’s archetypal third world behavior.
          1. tombert · · focus · HN ↗
            Sorry, which "definition" are you pulling this from?
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