I'm sure you can find more big-name examples like London but that some of the biggest cities out there are packed neither invalidates everyone else's experience

I'm sure you can find more big-name examples like London but that some of the biggest cities out there are packed neither invalidates everyone else's experience nor should be a major surprise methinks. Probably more biased than looking at how the remaining 95% of the system runs? Of course, either extreme is biased