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How Riding the Subway as a Kid Changed the Way I See the World
3+ week, 1+ day ago (807+ words) Passengers ride the New York subway in 1973. It was 1974. The Bronx was burning. Abandoned cars littered the streets, and New York City teetered on the brink of bankruptcy. I’m still surprised my overprotective Holocaust-survivor parents let their preteen daughter ride…...