Music Classical music deters anti-social behavior at transit centers?

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Tacoma city officials are implementing a strategy to combat street gang activity at bus stops by playing classical music from KING FM radio at the Tacoma Mall Transit Center. This initiative aims to deter drug dealing and loitering among youth in the area. Research from other cities supports the idea that classical music can reduce anti-social behavior in transit settings. The discussion also touches on the broader influence of sounds and colors on emotions, suggesting that simple solutions can address complex social issues.
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TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - Believing gangs and Mozart don't mix, city police and Pierce Transit officials are mounting a classical attack on a growing problem of street gangs at bus stops.

This week speakers are being installed to transmit classical music from KING FM radio of Seattle at the Tacoma Mall Transit Center, a tactic designed to reduce the number of young hooligans who deal or buy drugs at the bus stop or use public transportation as an easy way to circulate between the mall and other trouble-prone places...

Studies in other cities indicate classical music deters anti-social behavior at transit centers, Baker said...
http://www.komotv.com/news/local/8810622.html
 
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Likewise, playing hip-hop on your porch will shoo off pesky elderlies with their rocking chairs.
 
I wouldn't recommend "Ride of the Valkyries" or anything else by Wagner to be played, though..
 
Thats crazy, simple ideas to complicated problems.
 
Reminds me of the "calming" pink paint in correctional institutions.
 
arildno said:
I wouldn't recommend "Ride of the Valkyries" or anything else by Wagner to be played, though..

When I was in college, I woke up from a nap (after an all-nighter) distinctly hearing "And who, dressed as Clark Kent...". It turned out the guy in the room next to me was playing the "Ride of the Valkyries"!

(And if you understand that, you are as God-awful old as I am!)
 
Hanae4fun said:
Thats crazy, simple ideas to complicated problems.
Actually, colours and sounds DO in subtle ways influence emotions and can gently guide them in certain directions.

Artists throughout the history have known that.
 
HallsofIvy said:
When I was in college, I woke up from a nap (after an all-nighter) distinctly hearing "And who, dressed as Clark Kent...". It turned out the guy in the room next to me was playing the "Ride of the Valkyries"!

(And if you understand that, you are as God-awful old as I am!)

I'm not, nor am I American. My mind has been busy to see what Superman has to do with the Ride of the Valkyries, but I have been unable to solve the puzzle you posed..:cry::cry:

Could you please enlighten me; I'm intrigued..
 
out of whack said:
Likewise, playing hip-hop on your porch will shoo off pesky elderlies with their rocking chairs.

A long time ago I saw a cartoon in a hi-fi magazine showing a man in a natty business suit walking along with a boombox perched on his shoulder. Two ghetto dudes are watching him, and one of them says something like, "Oh no, here comes that dude with the Olivier Messiaen again!"

(I have to admit that Messiaen would probably shoo off most of the pesky elderlies as well as the hip-hop types...)
 

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