True, the SF public transit story is abhorrent, so I can see how NYC would seem much better to a SF local. But if you come from nearly ANY other developed count

True, the SF public transit story is abhorrent, so I can see how NYC would seem much better to a SF local. But if you come from nearly ANY other developed country on the planet, the situation in NYC would seem abhorrent. I have been on roughly 40 transit systems across the world, and the NYC subway is hands-down the least reliable. This is including Soviet-era systems in eastern Europe. In terms of ridership, London, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, Paris, Hong Kong, etc. are all comparable to NYC, some are just as old (e.g. London, Paris, Tokyo), and none are as broken.