turnageb1138 t1_iu59iwn wrote on October 28, 2022 at 5:23 PM

Reply to comment by thezhgguy in Metro Exploring Short-Term Fare Hikes And Long-Term Fare Overhauls by Maxcactus

It's always like this when anything comes up about Metro at all. It's extremely frustrating.

thezhgguy t1_iu5b7nr wrote on October 28, 2022 at 5:34 PM

Yeah it seems like this subreddit somehow attracted all of the center right austerity consultants or something. Just such animosity towards the poor and underserved and an “I’ve got mine” mentality

turnageb1138 t1_iu5mvpv wrote on October 28, 2022 at 6:53 PM

I think that's a big part of it. I also think DC in general, and this subreddit in particular, draw in "law & order" types from both the right and center. And local news deciding to harp on it constantly of late doesn't help.

Citations Needed did a news brief episode on it recently that's a good listen: https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/news-brief-dc-medias-fare-evasion-meltdown

Worldcitizen1905 t1_iu85lj9 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 8:37 AM

The lawyers aren’t the ones robbing people on metro..

thezhgguy t1_iu8qmbq wrote on October 29, 2022 at 1:02 PM

who says anything about lawyers?