Yeah, as wealth generation becomes more urban you have to pretty much expect cities to subsidize suburbs and rural areas.<p>The main issue here though is that due to some sordid political history the MTA is a <i>state</i> agency, despite running the NYC subway. This has resulted in the city&#x27;s transit budgets being routinely raided to supplement state budget needs, and also a focus on state-centric mass transit efforts to the detriment of in-city mass transit (see: redeveloping Penn Station which serves long-distance train commuters, designing the AirTrain to LaGuardia to primarily serve suburban Long Island travelers, etc).<p>There&#x27;s a pretty dramatic misalignment of incentives when a state agency under the command of the governor runs the city&#x27;s subways, rather than the mayor or even a regional government.