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LA Metro Station Cranks Up Classical Music To Drive Out Homeless

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 24: People walk through a Manhattan subway station on May 24, 2022 in New York City. As the city tries to get back to its pre-pandemic commuter levels, it has experienced a surge in subway crime. Last weekend a man was shot and killed by a stranger while riding on the subway. That shooting follows a mass shooting last month on a Brooklyn train and a rise in thefts, fights and other incidents. The rise in subway crime remains a challenge for the new administration of Mayor Eric Adams. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
  • The rousing classical music blaring from speakers at Metro’s Westlake/MacArthur Park is hard to miss.
  • More startling than soothing at times, booming sounds fill the cavernous halls as riders board and exit trains on the system’s B (Red) and D (Purple) lines.
  • “It’s a bit dramatic, but overall it’s fine,” one rider told NBCLA Thursday.
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