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> They still equate public transportation with being poor and not how millions of people who live IN the city get around. I rode BART out of Oakland for years.

> They still equate public transportation with being poor and not how millions of people who live IN the city get around. I rode BART out of Oakland for years. I don’t agree with NIMBYs but it’s not like they are making it up. I assure you, it is indeed full of insane people, homeless, the trains are nasty and smell like urine, frequently break down or get stopped because people regularly suicide themselves on the tracks. I’m sure in Asian countries the trains are fantastic but here people aren’t adults and ruin it for everyone.

AlexandrB 3y ago
> I’m sure in Asian countries the trains are fantastic but unfortunately public transit riders here aren’t adults and ruin it for everyone. Not sure why you would turn an obviously systemic problem into one of personal responsibility. Do you think there are no mentally disabled or homeless people in other countries? This attitude seems startlingly common in the US. It's like the pessimistic side of American Exceptionalism - "This problem, which many other countries have tackled successfully, cannot be fixed here".