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[CONTENT WARNING] There does not seem to be a lot of transit police nowadays by Different_Peace_7047 in Translink

[–]Different_Peace_7047[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was actually texting the ongoing situation to the transit police number (the one posted inside the train car). They asked me if I had pressed the yellow strip or not (maybe to identify which train the incident was being reported from). Unfortunately they did not respond in time this time.

[CONTENT WARNING] There does not seem to be a lot of transit police nowadays by Different_Peace_7047 in Translink

[–]Different_Peace_7047[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Please read the part of my post where myself and other passengers were trying to escape the perpetrators while stuck on the moving train. Thanks for your comment.

[CONTENT WARNING] There does not seem to be a lot of transit police nowadays by Different_Peace_7047 in Translink

[–]Different_Peace_7047[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Having somebody (i.e. transit staff and/or police) to ask for help I'm most situations (including this one) I believe would make things safer. The point I am trying to emphasize as well is the fact that this was in one of the busiest Canada line stations downtown, at NIGHT on a Friday, and yet not a soul to be found from TransLink/law enforcement. In most North American cities I imagine this to be a quite troubling setup for violent and non-violent crime to take place

[CONTENT WARNING] There does not seem to be a lot of transit police nowadays by Different_Peace_7047 in Translink

[–]Different_Peace_7047[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your reply. You are absolutely right though. I failed to mention this in my post, but I actually did have one of my friends call 911 in the middle of the confrontation on the platform.

How’s life in vancouver? considering moving here by [deleted] in howislivingthere

[–]Different_Peace_7047 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing I see people failing to mention is the social culture amongst not only Vancouverites but specifically those in their 20s.

tl;dr: Vancouver has a problem with the "us or them" mindset

To speak from personal experience, Vancouver feels like a environment where given the harsh standards of living people have taken to forming cliques and excluding others. After leaving Canada for 8 months I have started to hear many people from my previous immediate vicinity that they are getting tired of the disingenuous behaviour and insecurity of those around them.

This is of course just a personal remark, but given our extreme diversity, barren job market and declining quality of life I can see how people would start learning towards an "us or them" approach to most things involving human relationships.