....not really weird, considering the disdain with which most governmental types hold public transit.

Good point!

Hurrah for well-served locations! I don't drive either, and I'm on two major bus lines in addition to being about 15 minutes from the subway, so I'm as happy as a clam. One of the bus lines stops right outside our apartment building, so there are nights when I come home and basically fall off the bus and into bed, and I thank the transit gods as I go to sleep. :) M.