Want to know why? It is because it is missing a hundred year ( or more ) old feature: double rails. Thus there is no.express.line, it is slow, and every time something breaks, even if it is really small and.simple, it fucks up.the whole city because all.other trains must wait the track to clear.
And why it does.not have double rails but have all.the bells and whistles? Because the bells impress investors and stakeholder, and are cheaper than double rails.
The trash strewn tracks are worth a look, while the total lack of electronic signage as to when the next train is like stepping back in time 40 years.
NYC has this in most stations now.
Yes, but those countries also believe in public works.
But it's beside the point. It's not like you are a nation of "spartans" that spend all they money in "defence" and live in relative poorness.
More like a nation of couch potatoes, which has relegated their defence to paid specialists (like in feudal times), and which spends more on pet food, Netflix and similar BS than they do in public works and infrastructure. Especially in areas where poor and/or black are living.