Haha, I agree with you on the height difference, I have a newer one but prefer the low stance of the older ones.

I do appreciate your opinion on it as it is a fair take and not to the extent that I perceived it.

I just feel like people tend to generalize something that, while in some aspects is true, but not to the extent that some people express.

That being said, I'd be much happier taking a train or bus provided we had better services for it. I lived in Japan for some time and I loved it, it was so easy to get anywhere and I got much more exercise out of it.