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I was surprised as well, but some "third world countries" actually have a very good public transport system since so many people rely on it because they can't afford to own a car.

Absolutely, I was stunned at just how bad America's public transport system is!

Absolutely! In America everybody depends on their car; when I visited Hilo, the largest city on Big Island (Hawaii) I had to hitchhike to the shopping centre because there was no public transport at all!