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Written by Andres Salomon on 2025-01-12 at 07:34

Congestion pricing is just the latest example of how politics is almost entirely about vibes and not facts.

You could swear up-and-down that congestion pricing will be awesome, you could show people the studies, tell them about opinion polls from other places.. Doesn't matter. The vibe is "tax", so opinions will be overly negative. Then you implement it, and suddenly the vibes are "hey no traffic this is great!"

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Written by Andres Salomon on 2025-01-12 at 07:37

This is why we'll never win over opinions about how safe the subway is until we house people and actually fund subway maintenance. Right now the vibes in the subway are: dingy, broken, and wait, is that person over there shooting up? It doesn't matter how what the actual stats are about murders/assaults/etc.

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Written by The Caretaker on 2025-01-12 at 07:41

@Andres4NY

Homeless people and drug users don't make me feel unsafe. Cops and Trump supporters make me feel unsafe.

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Written by Andres Salomon on 2025-01-12 at 07:53

@The_Caretaker Sure, and I'm in agreement with you there, but also I'm not talking about what makes you feel unsafe; I'm talking about vibes. Seeing people sleeping on a subway, especially when they're clearly suffering, is an objectively bad vibe. You may be comfortable ignoring (or helping!) them, and you may prefer them to cops (I certainly do), but it's still a bad vibe.

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Written by The Caretaker on 2025-01-12 at 07:54

@Andres4NY

I agree.

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