Sweet but Street

So today I was really thinking about being raised in the bx and being "streetsmart" and how important it is to survive in NYC. Like really! its something certain people can learn bits and pieces from not being from here but can never fully grasps the full idea of all it entails. 4. At the same time, you prob stick me in hickstown and I'd be doomed for life minus being able to identify birch wood (summer camp). But I was on the train and started laughing outloud (being the crazy person I am). ;) . I was thinking of the abc's of the train, and unless you were from here and were out and about riding the train would not notice this. So I thought I'd give people a lesson on trains if they want to get a seat in NYC

Uptown going downtown
1. Sit next to minorities, the deeper into the city you go, the less you'll see of them and the more likely you are to get a seat. People from the Bronx barely go into Brooklyn and vice versa.

Exception to this rule.

a.Older people in suits (early morning work trips to midtown and wall street)

b. young people 17 -30 range( late weekend nights are spent in midtown and the village )


Downtown going uptown
2. You got it! sit next to white people, chances are they are not going anywhere into harlem or the bx, and are probably scared to pass the 124th Street stops

Exception to this rule
a. 1 train- never know if they are going to riverdale, so you cannot sleep on it. Gentrification on the hudson is serious, so watch out.
b. young hipster looking groups.- many times they may be going to some of those hidden secret parks and museums that not many people know about uptown
c. crackheads because they probably dont know where they are going either.

And of course there are gonna be a couple of outliers that dont fit, like people missing their stop, but its pretty true to the streets lol..try it out next time ure on the train and ull save fighting someone for that spot because ull be standing right where you need to be ..

stay sweet but street <3