We have many small cities with nothing between them, very little intercity rail services, and an easy source of cheap second hand cars. I'm surprised we are first but I would have put money on top 10.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

I'd say it's very similar in Poland. A lot of small cities and villages, barely connected by roads and with little to no rails. Public transport is good but only in big cities. In those smaller ones, you're lucky if there's more than on bus per line per hour.
This is my firsthand experience, as I'm from one of those. 15 years ago there was a bus every 15-20 minutes. Nowadays there's one per hour, sometimes less.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Even if you never traveled between cities the public transportation is dismal.