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[deleted] t1_j112186 wrote

Reply to comment by twelvydubs in Two straphangers fatally struck by NYC train, cops say by im_coolest

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Meteorboy t1_j1178xe wrote

I know why you don't like the term: it implies low class, that only poor people take the subway. They stand in a subway and hold onto a strap on their way to work. It's not comfortable or convenient as driving a car. Living in NYC is expensive and we pay a lot to live in tiny apartments. But there isn't really a negative connotation more than calling someone who jumps off a bridge a jumper.

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Pork-Roll t1_j143irs wrote

That's an interesting explanation. I guess I just see it as anyone who uses the train. I stand up almost all the time, and everyone from suits to overnight workers use it.

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