L.A. Metro testing classical music program to improve safety



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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23 comments

  1. Notice all the towns with this trouble are lib areas

  2. Haha found what Japan has done for 30 years bunch of copycats america is but just can’t think for themselves

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Rap will help calm people and chill them out.

  6. Hmm , Mozart or Beethoven . Mostly Mozart.

  7. Now the druggies can smoke crack and shoot up while listen to Mozart classy….

  8. They watched clockwork orange and said let’s try it

  9. How about get rid of the tweakers that hang around the metro stations

  10. Disney character panties are the most cutest and comfortable kind of panties to wear hgvc

  11. So in other words instead of spending money on actual security here's some classical music to get stabbed to…

  12. 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.

  13. for the love of snowflaking…

  14. hey, if it works for cow, it works for human😆

  15. 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.

  16. 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???

  17. By playing classical music they were able to get some people to stop loitering but now they can't get rid of the hipsters.

  18. what was that song they played during the Waco standoff? it should be that one played over and over in the subway

  19. Pensé que era el único que la conocía bien. Creo que su buena reputación habla por ella. Después de perder mucho dinero comerciando por mi cuenta, mi vida cambió cuando comencé a invertir con la Sra. Evelyn, ella me ayudó a recuperar todo lo que perdí gracias a dios todopoderoso.. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

  20. 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.

  21. why not Drill Rap? This is racist.

  22. Why don’t they just ban violence and legislate peace and order?