In addition to this, the Seoul metro system has far more elevators than the NYC subway, working public bathrooms in every station (even found a nursing room in one). These are all things the @MTA could have worked towards implementing a long time ago. It’s quite sad. https://t.co/Yq6Id2mBR3
— Mariam Elba (@mariamaelba) November 1, 2019
It is self-inflicted. I’m always surprised when I travel to other countries and services like mass transit and health care just work and don’t look to be in complete shambles. The centrist cry of “nothing is possible” is easily disproven by visiting nearly anywhere that’s not the US. The fact that a majority of people have never or very rarely travel outside of the country is probably the only way this deception is so easily promulgated. Note that this is true in many countries far poorer than the US, so it’s not just a matter of money.