there's technically trains but sometimes it's faster to walk; I like to complain about train delays as much as any New Yorker but this perception is pretty muc

there's technically trains but sometimes it's faster to walk; I like to complain about train delays as much as any New Yorker but this perception is pretty much incorrect; once you're going more than 15 minutes away it'll always be faster to take the subway. Commuting from midtown to where I live takes 25 minutes by train during peak times and up to ~40 minutes late night; walking takes an hour and a half. I guess I can see how someone who visits NYC and only visits Times Square / Canal Street gets that impression though.