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I do not understand why NYC has a proliferation of them in comparison to other cities.
Well, first NYC is a BIG city.
Second, population density tends to bring out mental problems.
Third, I glanced through the thread and didn't see it mentioned, but I believe there was some ruling or policy change many years ago that released a lot of them from institutions.
This is part of city life. I've never felt truly threatened by anyone like this but I see it all the time. The best course of action is to not enter a dialogue, do not respond, pretend it isn't happening. If I felt truly threatened I would get off the train and wait for another or move to another car. I have felt uncomfortable at times but just be smart about it. My favorite part of city life is having public transportation and not needing a car. I'd rather deal with the occasional nut job on the subway than have to deal with crazy drivers, but I know not everyone feels this way.
I feel more nervous when I see someone interact with someone who is irate. Some people just don't stop and I worry it could escalate into a violent incident.
Back in the pre 2000s, people who could not deal with the rifraff decamped for the suburbs and commuted via commuter rail or direct bus. If you have these QOL issues then suggest you do the same.
This is true! I left in 2011 and never looked back. Most people who love NYC are under the assumption that the abnormal is normal. It's just not normal to live with the stress that is everyday NYC life.
Some people, for myriad reasons, are literally stuck living in NYC and can't escape. You make it sound like it's an easy thing to do, it's really not. What happens when you don't know how to drive and can't rub two nickels together to pay for drivers ed as an adult? Sometimes I think free driver's ed courses provided by the city would help out a lot of people, but i'm sure people will get angry at that, and perhaps rightfully so. not sure what the answer is. Over the years i've made the unfortunate mistake of engaging with a few mentally ill (and some not mentally ill) homeless people. When I lived on the LES a very long time ago there was a man in a wheelchair who was very friendly at first until I stopped giving him change and then he would scream IM GOING TO KILL YOU and come racing toward me in his wheel chair. The look in his eyes made me believe he was very serious! Another time me and a friend of mine were chumming around with a homeless couple and then hours later after we went home my friend was like, ugh they stole my wallet. Okay, I kinda laughed at that, but still.
Pfizer and Merck decided they could make a lot of money selling the concept that that pills can cure insanity: THEY CANNOT.
They sold an antisocial government on the idea and the government opened the doors of the madhouses, handed out some pills, and Bedlam ensued.
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