Below is listed my actual NY-NJ Metro EDC pocket/ person carry:

Clothing & shoes appropriate to the weather, inc. spare light polypropylene liner socks if I carry/ wear a jacket. Jacket for warmth has gloves, hat & scarf. It’s usually a Gortex shell and varied fleece liners , as appropriate. Umbrella as needed. I like The Unbreakable Umbrella because it’s big & tough and I’m less likely to forget it when moving from place to place.

LM XE-6 ( except where prohibited);

Occasionally, when & where lawful, pepper spray;

Keychain with keys, car fob , Utilikey, P-38, Bison med. cyclinder whistle, Fenix EO5.( lithium battery), Photon hooded Freedom button light (yellow bulb) mounted backwards in its holder ( prevents accidental on), Bison med. pill cyclinder wrapped in 24” of Gorilla Tape ( 4 ibuprophen,4 decongestants[ephedrine], 2 caffeine tablets & 4 81mg. chewable aspirin );

Browning pen with carbide tip (car side window breaker) ink pen & flashlight;

Mini Bic lighter (yellow, so I can see contents and find it when if I drop it) , taped under lever to prevent leak;

27”x27” yellow bandana;

IPhone with 150% Mophie battery/case [ downloaded SAS survival mannual, first-aid mannual, useful urban app.s ]

Front pocket wallet (contents: 2 credit cards, license, other ID, medical insurance cards, Medic Alert ID; flat magnifier, Fingertip bandaids, alcohol prep pad, dental floss, & 4, cut down yellow sticky sheets, minimum $500 in $1,$20 & $100 bills [ cash saves ur life in a mugging, buys the unavailable ride, gas or hotel room in a storm, etc.]

HOT, dry ironed ( asceptic) 27”x27” yellow bandana sealed in Sterile Gerber Breastmilk Gag, edges reinforced with Gorilla Tape [ This “kit” gives me a trauma bandage, duct mask, signal flag, sling, hobo carrier, chest- seal bandage, etc. carried against my wallet makes me highly pickpocket resistant. ]; and most but not all the time a ;

Backpack briefcase or Urban GHB, the contents of which I’ve posted before on this forum.

Lately its been an water bottle and either a rain jacket or umbrella