Chasity Moore has lived in New York about 30 years, often describing herself as more Westchester, Bronx, and Manhattan than Brooklyn or Queens. She wants a subway etiquette rule requiring six feet of personal space and imagines people having their own boxes. If her train line is down and she is running late, she takes an Uber. When someone bumps into her, she forgives it due to close space, but may respond if the contact is forceful. She interrupts a cab driver on a bad route and keeps a mental map or uses a map device. She rarely uses public transportation to the airport, accepts flyers if she is not rushed, and will film a TikTok if the person has many followers. She saves TikTok recommendations for quick plans and chooses tours and dinner cruises during long weekends.
"How many years have you lived in New York? It's been off and on. I would say about 30. You could make one subway-etiquette rule law - what would it be? Give me six feet. I can't stand, like, people brushing up against me and stuff. I hate that. There should be, like, boxes or something - that you have your own box."
"Your train line is down and you are running late - what do you do? Take an Uber. Someone bumps into you on the subway - what do you do? Forgive it, because, I mean, it's close space. It just depends on how big. If there's a stiff arm, I'm doing it back. Or I'm like "b - - - -!""
"How would you get from Grand Concourse in the Bronx to Rockaway Beach? I would get lost. I don't know nothing about Brooklyn or my way in Queens. I'm very Westchester, Bronx, Manhattan. Your cabdriver is taking you on a horrible route. Do you interrupt? I sure do. I always have my little map thing on, in my head, if I don't know where I'm going. I always question where you are going."
"Someone tries to get you to film a TikTok on the street - what do you do? If they've got a lot of followers, I'm gonna do it. You have family coming to town in 24 hours - what do you do with them on short notice? I save everything on TikTok, where they say "Go eat," so I'll pick one of those fancy restaurants and we'll go eat. You're in town for a long holiday weekend and know the city will empty out - where do you go? Maybe take a tour and eat dinner. We eat dinner in a cruise around the city."
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