>>1941796My point was a general one that the downsides impact the customers but the upsides are more general - except in specific cases like me going to London, a shithole noone in their right mind wants to go to.
>Unreliable etc...Fuck off, my car is absolutely more reliable than this country's public transport. Like, it's not even close. I
>Single point of failureI've never worked anywhere that had just one way to drive in and our. Even the worst traffic never got close to the two to three hour super-mega-delays that public transport gets slammed with constantly.
>ConnectionsNot everywhere has a train station right there. That is actually fundamental unless you happen to have a station right by your house, in which case enjoy your tinnitus.
>SpeedI'm sure there's some regions where it's better than the alternative in some areas but in the UK what you gain on the swings you lose on the roundabouts (It's faster but oh no, the 15 minute walk to the station plus whatever allowance you had to actually get on the thing means it's not).
>HeatHooray, I get to work drenched in sweat because not elderly? Looking and smelling like a swamp monster would absolutely fuck me, professional image matters in my job and I can't chance it. Not all UK trains even have aircon, fuck knows how that worked in the heatwave last year.
