# Interesting article on Golden Gate bridge jumpers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-article-on-golden-gate-bridge-jumpers/206095>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 7, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-article-on-golden-gate-bridge-jumpers/206095 "2003-10-07T16:58:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-article-on-golden-gate-bridge-jumpers/206095/1 "2003-10-07T16:58:25Z")

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[http://newyorker.com/fact/content/?031013fa\_fact](http://newyorker.com/fact/content/?031013fa_fact)

I thought this was a pretty interesting read.

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**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-article-on-golden-gate-bridge-jumpers/206095/2 "2003-10-07T17:19:20Z")

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Damn that was long-winded. I really wasn’t sure what the point was until the end. Pretty “glurgey” for the New Yorker, I thought. It did make me chuckle a few times though.

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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-article-on-golden-gate-bridge-jumpers/206095/3 "2003-10-07T18:04:19Z")

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I think that’s the first time I’ve readon something from the NYer. 😃

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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-article-on-golden-gate-bridge-jumpers/206095/4 "2003-10-07T18:08:40Z")

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_read something_\*

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**Author:** ![presidebt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@presidebt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/presidebt)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-article-on-golden-gate-bridge-jumpers/206095/5 "2003-10-07T18:38:07Z")

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It was long-winded, wasn’t it? Still, very interesting. The number one suicide location in the world…wow.