[decafninja]

In the US, including NYC, it’s more likely the offender will subject his fellow passengers to violence (or threats of) if confronted.

Most people will choose to ignore the offender rather than poke a potentially crazy bear.

Of course it’s stuff like this that make people here hate public transportation. But often times transit advocates choose to ignore problems like this saying there’s nothing wrong.

[JasonADrury]

Yeah, but that's on the regular public transportation where the trips are short and homeless people a feature.