The Los Angeles Metro is testing out a classical music program in their stations to “create an atmosphere appropriate for spending short periods of time.” NBC’s Rehema Ellis explains how this tactic has been used elsewhere to drive away unhoused people and prevent loitering.
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Why don’t they just ban violence and legislate peace and order?
why not Drill Rap? This is racist.
I don't understand why the homeless can't be in the system with classical music playing? Is it because they don't like classical music? Somebody help me understand.
what was that song they played during the Waco standoff? it should be that one played over and over in the subway
By playing classical music they were able to get some people to stop loitering but now they can't get rid of the hipsters.
I'm sure blind people will appreciate having one of their senses taken away. But instead of investing in mental health, let's give classical music a bad rap by using it like homeless-spray. I like classical music. What if it makes me spend all day in there, I wind up not going to work, losing my job, losing my apartment, becoming homeless, and singing Brahms Lieder at the top of my lungs at Union Station???
For real when I’m posing fully nude for my grandfather (who is a legit artist), I’m new to it and he literally plays classical music to help relax me. ❤
Squid Games
hey, if it works for cow, it works for human😆
for the love of snowflaking…
L.A. local here, I use the train (red line) to get to work weekly and I've noticed the music. Unfortunately I have my headphones in 90% of the time and my mask on due to the smell of meth and crack flooding the train cars, if you didn't know, many people who ride are in fact elderly and kids going home from school. I'd say instead of the classical music, it'd be nice to have the 2-4 police officers at every Station do something and possibly the 4 metro safety workers who stand by and just wave hello. It seems like these programs are designed to send money to people starting these "programs" but with little to no results.
So in other words instead of spending money on actual security here's some classical music to get stabbed to…
Disney character panties are the most cutest and comfortable kind of panties to wear hgvc
How about get rid of the tweakers that hang around the metro stations
They watched clockwork orange and said let’s try it
Now the druggies can smoke crack and shoot up while listen to Mozart classy….
Hmm , Mozart or Beethoven . Mostly Mozart.
Rap will help calm people and chill them out.
I would prefer sounds of little birds chirping, small sized waterfall in the woods or fountain in a park, though I'm not sure if they improve safety. Anyway, classical music is a thing I listen to when I want to.
How thoughtful of them to let you enjoy the sound of Rhapsody in Blue slowly fade away as your soul leaves your body right after being mugged and stabbed to death.
Haha found what Japan has done for 30 years bunch of copycats america is but just can’t think for themselves
Notice all the towns with this trouble are lib areas
The nazis used this
Lol I live in Las Vegas and everywhere you go you hear classical music and it most definitely works
It's classical music! What is there to complain about?! I could see if it was 24/7 yodeling. Which would be rather fun during the day, but definitely draining late at night.
The dulsit tones of sir snoop dog would be grand!
DemocRATs have literally destroyed Los Angeles and San Francisco. Its only going to get worse with Rat DemocRATs in office. Don't believe these lying stats about crime going down. ITS A DEMOCRAT LIE
Wow. The US has made itself the #1 whiner nation if classical music in a public space can be controversial .
Contrary to popular belief, classical music does not calm people down.( At least not me). In fact it agitates me. Maybe that's the plan…it gets rid of people.
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Here's the other side of the argument… Maybe people will be more civil towards the homeless that wonder about the metro system. That's a good thing, because people can be quite hostile towards the homeless out in public.
I think they should use mariachi music. That will keep people from hanging around.
I mean I could see it working? There's just something about going into a building and hearing classical music echoing throughout the halls.
Sonic BROOM!
What is better is playing the sound of someone scraping their fingernails across a blackboard. That will keep the subway stations empty.
It is a great idea!
This plan by the L.A. Metro (and anyone else who does it) deprives people of their right to have tranquility and freedom from stress or interruptions. It also might deprive blind people of their right to be as resourceful as they can be in an emergency situation.
😂 I visit LA many times and I didn’t even know they even have a metro station.
Seriously???? LA needs to clean up the homeless people that do cause a significant threat to people.