Comparing Metro & Subways

Above is what the hugely-expensive Second Avenue Subway station looks like: bland.  The incorrigibly corrupt MTA trumpeted it with big hoopla.  It took 100 years to finish, with untold million$ being unaccounted for.  At least it has one of the few functioning elevators (for now) in the huge system.  Compared to the stations in other nations, it is substandard.  Other nations spend less, complete the projects faster, and make better results.  See for yourself...

Even lands with historic railway fixtures, like England, keep them pristine.

Lets look at other first-world countries to see how their subways rate with New York City's.  Certainly, NYC's MTA operates a bigger/older system, but it also collects a bigger horde of money and had plenty of time for upkeep.  Lets see how "America Being Great" compares with its peers.

Republic of Belarus

Belgium

Compare that to NYC 

Brazil

NYC

Chile

and NYC

Despite Chinese communism and "everything in America being made in China" jokes, China's Metro outclass America's biggest/wealthiest subway.  
(I like the swooping roof, resembling a pagoda).

NYC

Czech Republic - Prague

NYC

France

NYC

Germany

NYC

Hungary - Budapest

NYC

India

NYC

Iran 

(NYC Hudson Yards Terminal took 10 years to look similar)

Italy

NYC

Japan - Nagoya

South Korea

NYC

Mexico resists our President's "wall" and has a cleaner Metro

NYC

The Netherlands

NYC

Norway

Panama

(They have cleaner trains and behave better than folks on NYC subways--seen below).

The Philippines (an archipelago-nation)

NYC

Poland - Warsaw

Portugal - Lisbon

NYC

Romania

NYC

Russia

Moscow 

and NYC

Singapore

NYC

Spain 

and specifically Barcelona

NYC

Sweden - Stockholm

NYC




Switzerland

Taiwan (an island-nation)

NYC

Thailand

Turkey

NYC

Ukraine

England - Westminster

Compare that type of excellence to the neglected grime in the USA, such as Baltimore...

or Chicago 

or New York City in the year 2018!

Who else rides in outdated subways?  The corrupt dictatorship of North Korea... our president's new buddy.

Due to too few trains and increased delays, NYC's paying passengers get crammed worse than North Korea.

For American politicians who condone the MTA, I hope it's the "end of the line" for them.