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I think it's subjective, and maybe related to what you grew up with. I moved to Chicago in the 1990s, lived there for about 10 years. The mass-transit was very
by throwaway201103 6y ago
I think it's subjective, and maybe related to what you grew up with.
I moved to Chicago in the 1990s, lived there for about 10 years. The mass-transit was very good, but I wasn't happy living there.
Move to a smaller town with basically no useful public transit, but am vastly happier.
- technothrasher 6y agoI'm a definite small town country person. I think even my town of 5300 people is getting too big for me these days, and I couldn't imagine being happy living in the city or even a bigger suburb. But if I had to live in a city, good public transit would be a must. I spent a week in Paris a few years ago getting around everywhere on the subway and enjoyed it immensely. On a later trip I spent one day driving in Paris and was ready to shoot myself.
- mypalmike 6y agoEven the buses in Paris are pretty great. About halfway through my last visit, I switched almost entirely from subway to buses. They aren't necessarily the fastest way to get across town, but I found them clean and convenient, and just a great way to take everything in.
- cambalache 6y agoBut that is not a fair comparison. You need to compare moving from NY, Amsterdam,Berlin, Madrid, Shanghai, Singapore, big cities with good public transportation to any big America city https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZDZtBRTyeI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZDZtBRTyeI