Here, I'll be assigning a point to either Canada or Korea, based on something that is super awesome in one country, while-not-so-awesome in the other. Only time will reveal the winner!
Round 1: Cheap Cab Rides & Public Transportation!
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You win this round, Korea! |
This point has to go to Korea, for their cheap cab rides and public transportation.
Riding the bus costs less than a dollar, and if you stay within a certain time limit and/or area, a cab fare is about $2. If you're sharing with a friend, you can make it from one side of the city to the other for less than what you'd pay just to open the door of a cab in Vancouver. Chalk one up for Korea!
Round 2: Safety First!
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| You win this round, Canada! |
In keeping with last point's theme of public transportation, this point has to go to Canada. While I love paying a flat rate of about $2 for a 20 minute cab ride, I do NOT appreciate my cab driver watching TV during said ride. Yep, you read that right. Watching TV. The monitors that I assumed were solely dedicated to a GPS, also function as TV screens. And most of the cab drivers don't watch informative programs (like the news) that they can just listen to while keeping their eyes on the road, but those crazy Asian game shows, that you really need to see in order to know what's going on (and even that doesn't work half the time). Being from a country where it's illegal to talk on a cell phone while driving, it's just a tad bit disconcerting when the person responsible for your life has their eyes glued to a TV (and is Korean and drives like a maniac besides). Chalk one up for Canada!
