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graphpaper has an informal look at the demographics of people on his morning subway commute, depending on the hour. Here are some of them:
3:00-4:00 AMWe pretty much agree, except one for thing: Between 7AM-9AM, there are school kids. Lots of them. This reminded us of a fun graphic from two years ago when the subway system turned 100 - the NY Times charted the crowds in a subway during the day.
Drunks of all sorts, club kids, and winos. Late night workers, busboys, getting off their shifts. Only a handful of people per car. 6:1 male/female ratio.9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Early-career yuppies running a little late, creative industry workers, all sorts of professionals. 100% occupied. 1:1 male/female ratio.10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Hung over office workers, some seats available. 2:1 male/female ratio.
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Also tons of highly agitated kids on the trains around 4PM. Think that is when they let them out - it is a crazy scene at times.
Thanks for the link, and yeah, I totally forgot about the kids going to and from school. I saw three different kids reading The Fountainhead yesterday (I hate that book, which is why I noted it).
You totally left out the 5am to 8am crowd. Those are all teachers and health care workers.
I got them. Go to the site. :-) That's the time slot where women make up the vast majority of the riders.
How about the 10:00pm Friday and Saturday night crowds. Probably a 6:5 (m/f) ratio of people on their way to a club or party.
I've literally made it a point to avoid the buses and trains between 3 and 4 when those hysterical teens/tweens are let loose.
If one of their friends sneezes they start guffawing at the top of their lungs and do cartwheels on the platform like it's the funniest thing that's happened in their lives.