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Hey man if you wanna compare passports let’s go for it! In the meantime: google image search photos of some of the Indian commuter trains I’ve ridden on and as

Hey man if you wanna compare passports let’s go for it! In the meantime: google image search photos of some of the Indian commuter trains I’ve ridden on and ask yourself why everybody with even a tiny bit of money hired a private driver. Your comment about “broader perspective” is insulting, and I guarantee you that my perspective is quite a bit broader than “traveled to some glorified Disney land parks in Western Europe.”

BytesAndGears 3y ago
These things that you call Disney land parks, are where I’ve been living for the last year. It’s not Disneyland at all, though, since there is a bustling and productive economy (that I work in), even in the cities with minimal tourism. Actually some of the nicest walkable neighborhoods that I’ve visited since moving here, I was the only tourist that I saw. If you’re genuinely curious, I’d love to give you more information about my city (as an American that moved to Europe). Let me know. But I have 5 grocery stores within a quarter mile of my home, I take public transit and bike for all of my daily errands, and haven’t driven a car once since moving here. I see my friends whenever I want, often by either walking or taking transit depending on distance. Just last weekend, I took a train to another city to buy a new racing bike, and took the train most of the way home before riding it the last mile or two. It was easy, and I went all the way to a neighboring town to shop for it (since they had a model that I wanted to try). You can minimize it by calling it a glorified Disneyland park, but then you’re basically just skipping over the hundreds of millions of people who work non-tourism jobs (engineering, law, business, farming, medicine) and live within these generally well designed places.
sanderjd 3y ago
It might be insulting, but it still seems accurate based on all your comments here. Your perspective seems incredibly narrow to me, which is why I - rather gently - suggested that traveling to more places might broaden it. But sometimes things are unflattering to people and there isn't really a way to point that out without the person feeling insulted. :shrug:
- sanderjd 3y ago
  Sorry that my comment above was peevish. I was peeved by the tone of your comments, but I regret that now. You're right, of course, that unpleasant public transportation is very common worldwide. But it's not universal, which, to me, suggests that it's possible to learn from those success stories.

BytesAndGears 3y ago

These things that you call Disney land parks, are where I’ve been living for the last year. It’s not Disneyland at all, though, since there is a bustling and productive economy (that I work in), even in the cities with minimal tourism. Actually some of the nicest walkable neighborhoods that I’ve visited since moving here, I was the only tourist that I saw. If you’re genuinely curious, I’d love to give you more information about my city (as an American that moved to Europe). Let me know. But I have 5 grocery stores within a quarter mile of my home, I take public transit and bike for all of my daily errands, and haven’t driven a car once since moving here. I see my friends whenever I want, often by either walking or taking transit depending on distance. Just last weekend, I took a train to another city to buy a new racing bike, and took the train most of the way home before riding it the last mile or two. It was easy, and I went all the way to a neighboring town to shop for it (since they had a model that I wanted to try). You can minimize it by calling it a glorified Disneyland park, but then you’re basically just skipping over the hundreds of millions of people who work non-tourism jobs (engineering, law, business, farming, medicine) and live within these generally well designed places.

sanderjd 3y ago

It might be insulting, but it still seems accurate based on all your comments here. Your perspective seems incredibly narrow to me, which is why I - rather gently - suggested that traveling to more places might broaden it. But sometimes things are unflattering to people and there isn't really a way to point that out without the person feeling insulted. :shrug:

sanderjd 3y ago
Sorry that my comment above was peevish. I was peeved by the tone of your comments, but I regret that now. You're right, of course, that unpleasant public transportation is very common worldwide. But it's not universal, which, to me, suggests that it's possible to learn from those success stories.