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Re: The subway during the 1970's, how bad did it really get? |
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Posted by Charles G on Wed Feb 23 13:11:11 2005, in response to Re: The subway during the 1970's, how bad did it really get?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Feb 22 18:55:16 2005. I remember the Spring/Summer of '86. My girlfriend near the Ocean Parkway station and from her window you could see the D train. There was a single R-68 set running on the line along with a variety of old graffiti covered cars. We referred to the R-68's as "The Phantom" because you'd see this shiny new clean train from the window every once in a while but it never actually showed up when you were riding.The system was awful and crime ridden -- even then ('86 was a few years past the absolute pits). I would ride up the Brighton line at 1 or 2 AM and there would be groups of teens just going from car to car, pretty clearly looking for trouble. I would stand up in the doorway, rather than sit in an otherwise empty car, figuring that anyone intent on criminal behavior would choose to keep moving to the next car and find an easier mark than someone who was my size -- and also to keep from falling asleep (you probably had a 100% chance of losing your wallet if you fell asleep). Because I was young and foolish (as opposed to today, where I am old and foolish), I didn't have an appreciation for the risks that I was taking. CG |
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