friends family: It can be disconcerting at first, trying to avert one gaze while a woman across the aisle puts on her makeup, oblivious to all around, according to The Toronto Star. And there are the passengers who use the time to sleep, eat breakfast, clip their fingernails, play computer games and carry on intimate conversations with friends and family while finishing their homework. Riding the TTC can be like spending time in a stranger living room, kitchen and sometimes even their bathroom. In the 60-odd years since the subway opened, what considered acceptable behaviour has changed hugely. Men wore hats and ties; women had gloves on, preferably white. Back in the 1950s, Torontonians practically dressed up to ride the metro.
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