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Uh, OK, well all the guys on the train who wear all black and have those hats and the little curly hair things on the sides of their heads read a book.
lol i always seeing them push and shove people to get on the train. not sure what their deal is.
Totally, snappy – as you know, the demographics of the various neighborhoods trains travel through vary tremendously. So on the 2/5, starting at the end of the line, you have people from the former 2-fare zones, like Canarsie, etc.(increasingly Caribbean), mixed with Brooklyn College students and faculty; going up through Church Ave. you have an intense Caribbean presence, including many Haitians; PLG (Winthrop and Sterling Sts)is probably the most “mixed” area, with a bit of everything; and at President St. in Crown Heights you get more of the same plus Orthodox Jews (torah readers) plus Panamanians plus African-Americans. As opposed to the 3/4, which has a bigger Orthodox Jewish contingent, and more African-Americans versus the Islands, and a growing Senegalese and West African presence in ENY. So yes, different reading choices and languages, different hair/clothing styles, and backpack propensity (heavy among college students and recent grads, but not as bad as other lines). Not making a comment on the merits of any of this, just amateur subway sociology. I think it’s what makes NY so interesting – thank goodness we’re not all the same!
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Uh, OK, well all the guys on the train who wear all black and have those hats and the little curly hair things on the sides of their heads read a book.
lol i always seeing them push and shove people to get on the train. not sure what their deal is.
*rob*
Pete, if you think flavored yogurt is sweet, you are eating the wrong brands!
Gem, get the pineapple…so tasty it’s damn near sinful. Has a nice tartness to it.
I think it is the Talmud, sorry. I really like the Greek yogurt – the one with honey that you mix together is very good!
I like my yoghurt full fat.
“The Torah is a scroll, not a book.””
RF – what is the book being read?
Scroll refers to the physical nature of the object, and what they are reading sure aint a scroll.
Snaps – I haven’t had Dannon in years! will have to try it!
Seems Kens is making a move for Ishtar!!!
Totally, snappy – as you know, the demographics of the various neighborhoods trains travel through vary tremendously. So on the 2/5, starting at the end of the line, you have people from the former 2-fare zones, like Canarsie, etc.(increasingly Caribbean), mixed with Brooklyn College students and faculty; going up through Church Ave. you have an intense Caribbean presence, including many Haitians; PLG (Winthrop and Sterling Sts)is probably the most “mixed” area, with a bit of everything; and at President St. in Crown Heights you get more of the same plus Orthodox Jews (torah readers) plus Panamanians plus African-Americans. As opposed to the 3/4, which has a bigger Orthodox Jewish contingent, and more African-Americans versus the Islands, and a growing Senegalese and West African presence in ENY. So yes, different reading choices and languages, different hair/clothing styles, and backpack propensity (heavy among college students and recent grads, but not as bad as other lines). Not making a comment on the merits of any of this, just amateur subway sociology. I think it’s what makes NY so interesting – thank goodness we’re not all the same!
flavored yogurts are stupid and too sweet. just eat plain.
fage is best.
since I don’t ride the F train very far I don’t know where most of the riders are going. At Bergen getting off, seems varied enuf crowd.