Lawrence Kestenbaum wrote:

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>
> In other words, the cost of a subway token (including standing in line,
> conducting a transaction, etc.) is a significant barrier to at least some
> street criminals.
>

Hell- it's a significant barrier for many of my fellow New Yorkers-
Rudy want's the homeless to work & I daily watch people who evidently keep a
roof over
their heads have less luck negotiating a turnstile than my dad has setting the
clock on the VCR.

DD