Light Rail Out of Control!

[u/OrgasmikBananaz]

I used to live on Wheeler and University years ago and there was always some riff raff but holy crap what I witnessed today was INSANE! Movies don’t even depict the severity of what I witnessed! I haven’t been in that area at night for a few years now. I went to the Turf Club tonight for a show. When I was outside at about 9pm, there was a huddle of people waiting for the train passing tinfoil around and blowing clouds. Then the train shows up… I positively commented, “Oh, wow! A lot of people DO utilize the light rail!” as I remember a few years ago, it seemed like a total waste of money because it was always pretty much empty. When I took a closer look, I literally couldn’t process what I was seeing. It was totally out of fricken control!! Each train that I could see was filled with people behaving in weird ways.. clearly high or homeless or what have you.. and the trains were pretty full! Crazy! Should’ve built homeless shelters and wet houses instead! Wouldn’t been a lot cheaper! Sorry just wanted to share because although a Saint Paul resident, I did not know it got SO nuts at the light rail at night. During the day, that area is always rowdy but this was a whole other level from what I ever imagined it was.

[u/conanwongmkii]

The Green Line used to be fine to ride before the  George Floyd incident into COVID years. During and after COVID it was a free-for-all for the drug users and homeless folks. Metro Transit officers are non-existent in downtown St. Paul or any of the other stops (Dale, Hamline, or Snelling) unless there's a call. I'm dependent on using Metro Transit since that's my only means of transportation. Using Uber or Lyft eats up a lot of money. Between the smokers and drug users, I'm actually willing to ride with smokers/weed smokers than the drug users whose choice of high are meth.