Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

[Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>]

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 08:16:06PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote:
>> 
>> That explains one of the reasons that public transportation is much
>> better here, although in New York City, public transportation is also
>> readily available (unless it is raining :) )
>> 
> Public transportation viability also depends on dense population
> centers.  Lots of places in the US are suburban (read up on the problem
> of suburban sprawl sometime) and so are not really good markets for
> public transportation.

The irony being that suburbs are so large due to the removal of public
transportation in favor of freeways...