@SVChucko also the type and style of transit and physical space infra. New York and parts of Chicago feel most like London, HK, Singapore etc. even other big U.S. cities are super car / suburb centered with not the same types of walkability and density. I wouldn’t say Bombay or Jakarta are walkable either but it’s more about.. I dunno, some difference in philosophy? A lot of US life is about keeping people out, and others away, vs living side by side and sometimes uncomfortably