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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mitch Dudek

DARK SECRETS: Metra billboard sparks alternative grim interpretation on social media - The Real Truth

A Metra billboard got some unexpected attention on Reddit. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

For nearly three decades, millions of gridlocked motorists inching along the Ohio Street feeder ramp toward the Kennedy Expressway have glanced up to see a Metra billboard proclaiming: “Take the easy way out.”

The idea that anyone would associate the sign with suicide never entered the consciousness of the commuter rail agency.

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