Kushal asks, "Why do all girls live in Brooklyn? Discuss."

I think it's that rents are lower for "safe"-feeling neighborhoods, which is sadly more important to females, and is in particular one of my reasons for living here. I could probably find the same apartment for a similar price in far west Chelsea or the edges of the LES, but not getting whispered lecheries or randomly touched in subway stations and generally feeling free is worth the extra commute time.

A few months ago, quite early on a weekday evening, I was standing on the Q platform at the yuppiest of yuppie stations, Union Square, when a guy deliberately stroked my chin for a moment before walking past. Unfortunately my reflexes were too slow to push him off the platform; instead I sort of stewed in this incident for weeks until I talked to another friend, who revealed that a somebody had walked by and touched her thigh. And then another friend in that conversation opened up, and another.

Sixty-nine percent of respondents to a recent online survey have been sexually harassed; 10% have been sexually assaulted. Read more at "Subway Harassment Questionnaire Garners a Big Response" in the NYTimes.