> You know nothing and I can prove that with experience and facts. It is so infuriating when fools like you come in and make a statement which has no firm basis

> You know nothing and I can prove that with experience and facts. It is so infuriating when fools like you come in and make a statement which has no firm basis and sense of truth. Welcome to being a vocal user of mass transit, like I am. I have no vehicle and daily use bus-based public transit and have done so in multiple countries on this planet. With a handful of exceptions, riding the bus (or rail, if available) has been clean, on time, safe, and enjoyable. Yet every time I relate any story I have from mass transit, I am told that I must be wrong or deluded because the recipient of my story rode transit and had a bad experience. Therefore, my using public transit means that I will, inevitably, be shot, mugged, harassed, delayed, or otherwise inconvenienced or irritated. I think that both you and the person to whom you are replying simply have different life experiences. I've taken taxis--normal taxis, not "Uber-as-a-taxi"--in those same countries and they have been clean and safe, though I do not take them hardly at all. Anecdotes are a bad thing to get riled up over. Your experience differs. You do not need to call someone a fool or belittle what he or she has experienced simply because yours differs.