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I really thought New York has become a haven of cleanliness and safety. Only a few months ago, I thought the subways would become amusement parks! But I was wrong, oh so wrong. Besides Brooklyn reverting to it’s 1970-1980’s alter-ego, Crooklyn, the subways are also losing their safe appeal (if there ever was one).

Now, it’s clear what most of you are thinking. New York was never safe. Uhh have you heard “New York, I Love You” by LCD Soundsystem?

New York, you’re safer
And you’re wasting my time

Our records all show
You are filthy, but fine…
But they shuttered your stores
When you opened the doors
To the cops who were bored
Once they ran out of crime

>>That dude’s gonna steal yer stuff

Uh, see right there, New York was turning for the safer. New York was so safe that the cops ran out of crime! Oh right, I have a point to make.

Well, the subways trains are now becoming more than a sleeping couch for the homeless, they are becoming a prime picking spot for cell phones. So what’s all this business about doors and dashing?

Police say the easiest marks are the riders near the doors. Thieves time it so that just as the doors are about to close, they make their grab and take off, leaving the victim trapped inside the train, and helpless to do anything about it. (source)

It’s good strategy. But, their goals are all messed up. Like their first goal should be to change their goal to, I don’t know, more graffiti or something, something arty, not something violent and mean. And if they are gonna steal, they should aim higher because right now their target is cell phones.

Of last year’s 823 subway robberies, more than a third were for cell phones. In December 2007 there were 70 robberies but a year later, 111, a jump of 59 percent.

I’m the person who likes to stand by the door, my cell phone is probably worth $5, but I look pretty cool, so to the untrained eye, it might look as if I own an iPhone. I guess I now have an excuse to not look cool… you know, for my safety.

(^^“That dude just stole my phone!”^^)

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