From watching people getting on and off the bus I ride every day, I would say 40% of the people getting on aren't paying and that's being conservative

The fact that a huge number of riders don't pay contributes to this

Find another this year.

I rode the train to school every day as a teen too. I didn't surf on the subways but you can bet your ass people talked about it and knew what subway surfing was.

Just because every teen didn't do it doesn't mean none did.

Absolutely. Well said!

The home is a piece of NYC history. Whether it is a "cheap copy of European counterparts" or not, it is a historical feature of the neighborhood. Very weird for you to ask me to pinpoint what history I'm referring to, that's not even a clear statement - as though history is something that can always be "pinpointed" and not a vast and often theoretical notion of viewing the past.

Perhaps we should address the "artificial supply and demand" problem first, before we tear more down, no?

There are 6000 empty NYCHA units right now.

Instead of tearing down history let's try to fix the present.

This is really interesting. Is it still only for electricians, or was that just when it was originally built?

I'm not joking, I think I know that guy. He used to live in a car by my post office with his wife and a bunch of dogs. His wife died and he must have moved on elsewhere.

I always felt bad for those dogs