What's your favorite means of transportation for traveling?

I live in NYC, so my natural favorite way of travelling is by train.

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Okay I added "Train" as an option, even though I meant for traveling to other US states/countries in the first place. I forgot to add that.

I'm from NYC, I have travelled to other states (New Jersey and Pennsylvania) by train. It's actually really common in the northeast corridor of the US to travel to others states, even for normal jobs, by train (travelling into New York from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts). I have also travelled to another country (Canada) by train, which is common from NYC, USA to Montreal. Canada.

Trains are very convenient in the northeast.

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I'm from Florida, and I went to Manhattan, New York, but I haven't seen any trains.

Well, in NYC, the most common trains you'll encounter would be those making up the NYC subway, stemming from separate train companies in the 20th century such as the IND, IRT, and BMT. Connected to the subway (apart from the airtrains for the airports) are the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), which connects NYC with the rest of Long Island (Brooklyn and Queens are already on Long Island, but this connects other counties such as Nassau), the Metro North (which connects NYC with northern regions of NY state but also connects with New Jersey), PATH (which connects New Jersey and New York), and Amtrak (the national rail service that also serves as an international service connecting us to Canada).

Manhattan trains are mostly subways in the sense that they're underground. You'd have to go on the 1 line to northern Manhattan to see an above ground train. If you go to the outer boroughs like Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island, they all have trains that run above ground. Staten Island actually only has trains that run above ground while every other borough, including Manhattan, has a mix of above ground, below ground, and open cut.

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What is "open cut" when referring to trains?

Below ground level but not subterranean:

MTA B Train in Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn, NY, USA

As opposed to elevated, ground level, and subterranean trains.

Open Cut:

MTA B Train in Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn, NY, USA - YouTube

Elevated:

NYC Subway: 52 Street, Lincoln Avenue, 7 Train

Subterranean:

MTA NYC Subway: R160A (R) and R46 Put-In at 36th Street

Ground level:

(SIR) R44-SIR Train arriving at the Terminal, Tottenville Station (Taken 10/6/2024)