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lupuscapabilis t1_iy4f911 wrote

Reply to comment by TeamMisha in A Very Moynihan Train Hall Thanksgiving: 'Wow, I Can't Even Sit Down?' by psychothumbs

>The chair thing still gets harped on when Penn does not have public seating either outside of the LIRR and Amtrak ticketed waiting room and within restaurants. No shit they don't want homeless people

Why is Philly able to supply plenty of seating in their station without the homeless problem?

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lets_go_whale t1_iy4j7mm wrote

Probably thanks to location mainly. 30th Street Station is located relatively more removed from the most crowded areas of Philly whereas Moynihan/Penn is smack dab in the busiest part of the busiest city in the country where homeless tend to coalesce.

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TeamMisha t1_iy5y5ke wrote

What do you mean without? Maybe it changed but I used to be in that station almost daily maybe about 4-5 years ago and there was plenty of them. I never encountered any as crazy as the ones in Penn but there were certainly plenty of folks sleeping in there on the benches. But yeah maybe it has changed in more recent history

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