Culture
Making Craigslist Exchanges Safer
Doing business within sight of police cameras: a security “no-brainer.”
In March, my bike was stolen from in front of my apartment. So I did what one does in that situation: cry, then take to Craigslist. I didn’t find my bike among the listings, but I found a pretty decent replacement—a red, steel-frame 5-speed straight out of the 1980s. It was only $99, and all I had to do was hop on the ferry to Staten Island to go pick it up.
Almost everyone I informed of my plan had the same reaction: you are going to get murdered.