No matter how many people say otherwise, the five boroughs of New York City are basically like a huge small town. Blocks and neighborhoods, where people know all of your business, and way too many of the people who live there have connections to the surrounding counties and towns. We all know that. So running into someone, especially on a local—” “Express.” “Okay. Running into someone you might know on an express train to Hollowville isn’t quite the random, unexpected thing people make it out to be.

