Coming home from Tokyo to New York in 2018 was depressing. You get so used to living in a dysfunctional society that you forget it's dysfunctional, but getting

Coming home from Tokyo to New York in 2018 was depressing. You get so used to living in a dysfunctional society that you forget it's dysfunctional, but getting off the plane at JFK, I was reminded of Biden's comment that our airports are like stepping into a third world country [0]. The next week in New York, I felt like I saw nothing but broken things and lost people. How many places in America: * have good schools and offices within walking distance * have such good public transport that you don't need a car * provide easy access to nature and parks * are affordable to midde-class people? I think the answer might be zero places -- those that meet the first three criteria (Berkeley, parts of NYC, and Seattle) don't meet the fourth. [0] https://abc7ny.com/laguardia-airport-improvements-renovation-at-third-world-country-joe-biden/10046449/ https://abc7ny.com/laguardia-airport-improvements-renovation... -- though technically he was talking about LaGuardia