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Originally Posted by poker327
I may be the wrong person to chime in, but I had some significant money on me getting home to my apartment in Manhattan Sunday morning. I took the subway in midtown home. I am skinny and short, so anyone could jump me easily.
Banks are closed pretty much all times on the weekend except for Saturday mornings, and half the branches are not even open Saturdays anymore, so you can't really depend on banks to deposit money unless you want to stand at an ATM inserting $100 bills in the middle of the night. (The night deposit box at my local branch is not working, not sure if it is available other places, but I guess that would be an option if you have the right type of account). The best hope we would have is if they had boxes to leave your chips in, and withdraw your money during the daytime. To be a successful poker player I think you have to be a little fearless. That fearlessness I have may end up being my downfall one day. I even used to walk the Atlantic City boardwalk with a lot of money on me as well in the middle of the night, not smart, I know...I don't think trying to be safe is delusional though...
I agree with basically everything you've said, I don't think trying to be safe is delusional. I think that thinking Midtown is more dangerous than the area surrounding Resorts World is delusional.
Muggers are looking for two things, easy marks and people likely to be carrying significant cash and valuables. Everybody is an easier mark leaving Resorts World relative to a Midtown location because Resorts World is in a desolate location. As someone else said, power in numbers, you're less likely to get mugged in a more populated area. And while being spotted leaving the casino puts you on the map as potentially having cash on you, on a Midtown street even in the middle of the morning there are probably multiple people walking around with $5k-$10K on them, it's not like you're the only person with money whereas leaving Resorts World the only person on the street carrying that sort of cash is coming from the casino.
Personally I've been riding the subway alone since I was 10, unless the amount of money I'm carrying doesn't fit in my pocket without showing, I'm perfectly comfortable taking the subway any time of night. If you stay on your Ps and Qs, eyes up, stay near the booth on the platform and the conductor in the car if you're really concerned, you're really not super likely to get mugged. The rise in crime rate has gotten everybody worked up but it's not the the 70s-90s lol.
If I have to leave the casino in the middle of the night with significant money from Resorts World or Midtown, I'll be jumping in an Uber, and have no concerns with either location, but thinking Midtown is more dangerous than Resorts World is just silly