Japanese trains are de facto free for many users as employers are de facto required to pay their employees' train commute costs. So I don't know what bizarre me

Japanese trains are de facto free for many users as employers are de facto required to pay their employees' train commute costs. So I don't know what bizarre mental leap you're making here, or why you're focusing on cost in the first place. > I frequently travel to Hong Kong and I moved to California from London and so I looked them up and they hadn't transformed to free either. Try going to Luxembourg sometime.