Quite the dichotomy, but I think accurate. Most of the metro I've experienced in the US has woefully inadequate mass transit. It ain't cheap either. Contrasting, suburban and rural mass transit is way underutilized. In most non-metro places, nearly all of the passenger traffic seem to be among the poorer parts of the communities.

When they invent teleportation devices, it will make getting around a lot easier, after they work out the bugs, that is. Get it, bugs in the teleporter; the movie "The Fly"? I made a funny...