<p>A couple of weeks ago I visited Princeton and then ended up taking the SEPTA train out of Trenton into Philly to see UPenn. Man, I have to say that train ride was one of the most depressing rides I have ever taken – mile after square mile of bleak, post-industrial landscape. Parts of Jersey and then North Philly looked like neutron bombs had hit them. Dilapitaded, rusting buildings and no people walking around – just seemed to go on forever. More depressing than the approach to most cities in North America virtually all of which are horrifying to some degree – you almost can’t believe you’re in a first world country.</p>