Transportation didn't fare much better than
waterways. In the 1970s, the New York subway became jokingly referred to
as "the muggers express." By 1979, over 250 felonies were committed
every week on the transportation system, making it the most dangerous in
the world.
"I have known the joy and pain of friendship. I have served and been served. I have made some good enemies for which I am not a bit sorry. I have loved unselfishly, and I have fondled hatred with the red-hot tongs of Hell. That's living."
— Zora Neale Hurston