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Old 12-11-2015, 10:00 PM
 
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I beg to differ. Most low income folks are well connected. There are low cost cell phone dealers like Metro PCS, Cricket and Boost. Every hood has two or three. Poor folks are well connected nowadays.
Yea there's a ear round "free cell phones" booth in my hood.

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At the extreme end of the spectrum some of them may not even have a credit/debit card to use.
there's a staggering statistic that something like 23% of african americans living in US metropolitain areas don't have any form of bank accounts. And the number bumps even higher when speaking of credit cards.

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Or maybe...You have people who just want to get in, pay , get dropped off and not have to give bank info via smartphone.
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I'm pretty sure the banks don't report who you spend money with to the credit agencies (yet), so it wouldn't directly affect your credit scores. But they troll their own data for their own purposes and I'd rather they aren't able to profile me accurately.
they're watching!!!
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Old 12-11-2015, 10:01 PM
 
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FWIW there's still a jitney stop at the end of my block
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Old 12-12-2015, 04:01 AM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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FWIW there's still a jitney stop at the end of my block
We Big Dumb White Guys in the 'burbs call it car pooling.
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Old 12-12-2015, 08:11 PM
 
Location: In the heights
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We Big Dumb White Guys in the 'burbs call it car pooling.
That's actually not the same thing
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Old 12-13-2015, 05:56 AM
 
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Ya think?
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Old 12-13-2015, 05:03 PM
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Location: Pittsburgh
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Jitney Driver Robbed, Shot On Pittsburgh's North Side | www.wpxi.com
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Old 12-13-2015, 05:12 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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A jitney shooting on the South Side as well

Jitney driver in critical condition after South Side shooting | TribLIVE
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Old 12-13-2015, 07:38 PM
 
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Always sad to hear when that happens. I'm somewhat curious if he was using the S.S. Giant Eagle as his pick up point (I used to).One rule that I always enforced was that you could never sit directly behind me, for obvious reasons. Even though i'm not out there like I used to be I still stop and talk to the guys when i'm in the area. Disappointing as time goes on that the old timers who brought me in keep dropping off.
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Old 12-14-2015, 03:56 AM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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Always sad to hear when that happens. I'm somewhat curious if he was using the S.S. Giant Eagle as his pick up point (I used to).One rule that I always enforced was that you could never sit directly behind me, for obvious reasons. Even though i'm not out there like I used to be I still stop and talk to the guys when i'm in the area. Disappointing as time goes on that the old timers who brought me in keep dropping off.
I bet you have some great stories.
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