"But having garbage-strewn subways that effectively serve as mobile homeless shelters is no way to run a public transit system. It isn’t fair on the riders who don’t have the money to avoid the subway. It also isn’t fair on the homeless, who are being encouraged — or at least not discouraged — to hang out on crowded trains, maximising the chances that bad stuff will happen. "
https://unherd.com/2024/01/why-american-cities-are-squalid/
https://unherd.com/2024/01/why-american-cities-are-squalid/