Marlon Menezes wrote: If you want bad public transportation, come to America!
Mario observes: Public facilities, by definition, are government-run facilities for people who cannot afford the convenience of having their own facilities. Even low income Americans can afford several cars per household and so prefer the convenience and independance of using their own vehicles, and most American cities have evolved accordingly and are commercial locations are designed for people who use private transportation. In a very few large cities where parking space is at a huge premium, public transportation is more convenient for more people because it is time consuming and costly to negotiate the rush-hour traffic jams and find parking at a comparable cost. In such cities, the public transportation is as decent and convenient as anywhere else where people have no choice. Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:05:46 +0530 From: Frederick Noronha <fredericknoro...@gmail.com> After hearing about how nice Canada is, could we have some way of (i) shifting the entire Goan population to Canada or (ii) trying to get solutions that work in Goa itself? Mario observes: Fred, I can confirm that most of Canada is far better than most European countries, and the resources they lack, which have already been discussed in other posts, are readily available across their southern border. Furthermore, they are very tolerant, so any Goan can shift to Canada any time they want to. Half of Jamaica has already done so:-)) Re. solutions for Goa, you are one of those who has strenuously argued against the things that work in Canada, i.e. most politicians are either honest and effective, or are replaced at the next elections.
