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If you look outside of the USA lots of cities have good public transport systems that aren't plagued by poverty, crime, homelessness and mental illness. Just be
by r_hoods_ghost 4y ago
If you look outside of the USA lots of cities have good public transport systems that aren't plagued by poverty, crime, homelessness and mental illness. Just because Americans have decided to optimize their society to maximize misery of a minority for the benefit of an even smaller minority doesn't make it necessary.
- blfr 4y agoIt's the other way round: cities that aren't plagued by homelessness, rampant drug use, and criminality can have good public transit. Middle class people simply won't pay (in taxes or directly) for public transit that acts as a homeless shelter and routinely features crimes against them.
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoWestern European countries are also much stricter on law and order via transit. Brussels, for example, deploys heavily armed police to check fares on the metro often. And Switzerland…you really don’t want to break the laws there even if you have nothing to lose.
- landemva 4y agoI had three interactions with Swiss police in various cities, and they were all ok. Maybe it depends on the person?
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoWell, it also depends if you can speak a national language. Nothing beats getting chewed out by a Swiss cop for only speaking English.
- bluGill 4y agoTransit isn't plagued by those here either, but a tiny minority gets a lot of attention.