Rule #2 NEVER talk to anyone on the subway no matter what .. You should know where you're going before you embark on your trip.
Rule #3 NEVER stare at anyone... END
An armed society is a polite society.
And never ride the 4 train at 4:00 in the morning.
Rule #4: Carry a revolver that cannot be traced to you. If you have to shoot, do it. Drop the gun and walk away after emptying it.
“Rule #1... NEVER confront anyone on the subway unless you’re packing... then think about it before you open your mouth...
Rule #2 NEVER talk to anyone on the subway no matter what .. You should know where you’re going before you embark on your trip.
Rule #3 NEVER stare at anyone... END”
Rule #3 Never even LOOK at anyone,,,ever. Fixed it.
The one and only time I ever rode the NYC subway was on a business trip about a decade ago. I was with two co-workers and after a few rounds they decided that they wanted “the NY subway experience”. I reluctantly tagged along on a late-night ride from South Manhattan to Times Square. It would have been only mildly uncomfortable had one of my co-workers not been one of those annoying types that insisted on chatting up every girl in the room. He kept approaching a girl who was obviously with a couple of gangbangers. After he did it twice the playas started getting ready to do some business. At that point we happened to be stopped at a station and we more or less frog-marched our buddy off the train. BTW, Times Square was seedy and dismal. We caught a cab back to the hotel.
You are right, although it’s not the guy’s fault, and it is a race crime.
I grew up in NY, and the first thing my parents drilled into me about the city was to become deaf and dumb to people with even the slightest hint about making trouble.
And clear out if there is the slightest problem. My mom told me, “The rule to surviving in the city is stay in the good areas, stay off the subway, try never to be alone, and pretend everyone is a nut that doesn’t ooze respectability.
And don’t start or egg on ANY fights. You never know when they are a nut or a violent minority racist.
I've been on the Tokyo subway many, many times and never experienced anything but a quiet, pleasant ride, even in the early morning hours. The difference is that the Tokyo trains are full of Japanese people and the New York trains are full of, well, Amish youths.