Comments on: How Not To Get Mugged In NYC https://reclaimedhome.com/2010/10/06/how-not-to-get-mugged-in-nyc/ Reuse. Rehabilitate. Restore. Architectural salvage and repurposed pieces for the home. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:40:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Boris https://reclaimedhome.com/2010/10/06/how-not-to-get-mugged-in-nyc/#comment-83642 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:40:58 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2010/10/06/how-not-to-get-mugged-in-nyc/#comment-83642 Never sit by the door on the subway, the goons are laying in wait to attack and have a quick getaway. Keeping your hand on a weapon in your pocket for immediate use scares the goons too.

]]> By: RH https://reclaimedhome.com/2010/10/06/how-not-to-get-mugged-in-nyc/#comment-57547 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:25:50 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2010/10/06/how-not-to-get-mugged-in-nyc/#comment-57547 But if your friend looks crazy, that’s a plus. My Aunt Elaine used to walk around acting crazy so she wouldn’t get bothered. Well, she IS a little crazy anyway.

Ah, Narsie! Yeah, I used to be intimidated by the perverts. Now I just scream at them and they go away. I actually physically assaulted some guy who made a kissy sound in my face last month. Then I felt bad.

]]> By: donkee https://reclaimedhome.com/2010/10/06/how-not-to-get-mugged-in-nyc/#comment-57544 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:03:39 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2010/10/06/how-not-to-get-mugged-in-nyc/#comment-57544 Oh and yes….grew up in LES before moving to Canarsie later on, last stop on the L before it became cool…talk about late night weed smoking, masturbating drunks late at night…first scared me…I would get up and move to another car. Then it just pissed me off, I’d flip them the bird, then move to another car. Then I got exasperated, just sighed, then move to another car.

If you HAVE to take the train at night to a non-hipster part of town, stay in the conductor’s car.

]]> By: donkee https://reclaimedhome.com/2010/10/06/how-not-to-get-mugged-in-nyc/#comment-57543 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:59:34 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2010/10/06/how-not-to-get-mugged-in-nyc/#comment-57543 Amen and I second all of the points above. I, too, like to have my keys ready for stabbing and eye-jabbing when late at night and carry my bag diagonally so if it gets pulled, they gotta pull ME along with it.

Definitely need to look tough…at least look “not soft or in pain”. I have a guy friend whose hip and legs cramp and lock up with he’s tired. He screws up his face and looks in major pain in the middle of the street when that happens. My advice to him when that happens…move off to the side of the street instead of stopping suddenly in the middle and look busy, but PAY attention. Any thug(s) will target anyone that looks weak and hurt. Shoot, I feel like walking up and taking his iphone, bag and wallet when that happens, imagine thugs at night…

]]> By: chris https://reclaimedhome.com/2010/10/06/how-not-to-get-mugged-in-nyc/#comment-57471 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:21:52 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2010/10/06/how-not-to-get-mugged-in-nyc/#comment-57471 All great advice! Seemingly obvious stuff, but I have seen many people doing them. The one I find puzzling is people traveling back home late at night that for some odd reason decide to be cheap and not take a cab home, at least from part of the way. I guess it’s the alcohol and the accompanying overconfidence that causes the very same people to drive themselves home while still drunk!

]]> By: How Not To Get Mugged In NYC | Joseph A. DePinto, LCSW https://reclaimedhome.com/2010/10/06/how-not-to-get-mugged-in-nyc/#comment-57321 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:22:08 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2010/10/06/how-not-to-get-mugged-in-nyc/#comment-57321 […] the story here via Reclaimed Home: Green Low Impact Housing Renovation of New York, Brooklyn, New […]

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