That one has to travel. Europe is small. Really tiny. That is why public transportation is effective. If you'd see the old and outdated busses/trams/ trolleys they use. They only work because its such a short route.

Imo, US public transportation is not bad at all, considering the distance.

And what old, outdated trolleys are you talking about? ...... Have you been to Europe lately? Most of the big cities have very advanced transit systems that put ours to shame.




What about this is old and outdated?

The older cities or parts of cities that were developed before the spread of the automobile are compact like European cities. It's only the post World War II sections of cities that are spread out.

Nature didn't lay the U.S. out in one-acre lots.

Extremely low-density but with most homes built along the lines of what could fit in the usual suburb. They just said "Hey, instead of midsized house in a regular yard, let's make the yards bigger!" That's the only difference. Such stupidity.

yet it's transit is AMAZING.

New York City is more dense than Berlin. Both have great transit systems.

Berlin is just a city where they have covered a fairly sprawling city without a really defined or dense center with a U-bahn (urban subway), an S-bahn (a urban-suburban subway/railway) and centric rings of light rail. Yes, this system gets you out into the suburban areas amazingly well.

The USA could have such a system if it wanted to have one.

Germany insists on such systems and Berlin's and Munich's are among the best around.

although the names are usually those of neighborhoods rather than of sites. However, some of the subway stations and many of the bus stops are named after specific sites, such as the National Diet Building, the Mitsukoshi Department Store, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, etc.

If you go by car/bike/foot, you need the names of streets and places to plan your way.
In your mind, the city is made up of paths.

But if you go by bus/subway/S-Bahn those names are entirely meaningless! You don't operate on a street-map anymore! Public transportation has its own routes of traffic and you can't change them.
In your mind, the city is now made up of isolated stations and the venues nearby.

That's why it's much more intuitive to name stations after venues: If you go by public transportation, the "how" of getting there becomes meaningless. Instead of a whole map, you just have to remember the immediate areas around the stations you care about.

the neighborhoods that the stations are named after are the "ghosts" of villages that were swallowed up by the city.

So customarily, people say things like, "Our meeting is at Forum 8."

"Where is that?"

"It's in Shibuya. Go out the Hachiko Exit and you'll see two streets in front of you. Take the one that veers to the left and go about four blocks, about two or three buildings past the McDonald's."

Einsteigen.