[seiji]

Well, living near transit can be a goal or not. If one decides to not live near a station, that's one's own predicament.

(as for my living credentials go, I've lived in Astoria, Harlem, Jersey City, Long Island City, UWS, ... it's not a park place penthouse, but it is a non-bank-breaking life.)

NYC lets you live near a station much easier than in SF with its linear (in-city) one-line system with a total of seven entire usable city stops.

I think I can destroy your argument with: how many daily private bus services do companies run in NYC vs SF for employees to get from Where They Want To Live to their prescribed daytime slavery zones?