>>1961686Missing what point? That the inner-city network of a smaller city doesn't cover the area of a bigger city? Why would I even bother engaging with that point?
The point I'm making is that if you took the suburban network into account, you could have a more comparable area on either side and observe the Paris suburban network (where most lines run 200-250m long trains operating on a 5 minutes headway before branching out towards further suburbs), you would cover an area more representative of an American-sized city and it would still put to shame the vast majority of your urban rail networks.
pic related: nearly everything within the first three out of five Parisian fare zones is densely built residential areas.
