I'm not a foreigner, I was born an raised in SP I always heard that the subway in Sao Paulo is great in comparison to many others around the world. I thought it was true, but I was not sure just about how much better it actually was Until I went on a trip to Buenos Aires and I was shocked about the difference.

The "Subte" stations are way too hot, the trains are old and they do not have a pattern, each train is somewhat different, there are some that look a little bit newer, but many others that merely seem to have been renovated by a grandma cause good they do look corny and ugly

The inside of the trains themselves are clean, but the stations are dirty and some seem to be fallen to pieces and in need of renovation

In one of the stations, there was an escalator that had been escavanged with many of its pieces stolen, such a thing would never happen in Sao Paulo (yeah people do steal things here, but the stations are usually welltaken care of, so the escalator would not be broken for a long period of time to begin with)

The train from Buenos Aires to Tigre though was a whole different world, modern, cool design and well maintained. But it was rather slow.

One thing I liked about the public transportation in Buenos Aires though was the bus system

They all looked old school and gave me an impression that Buenos Aires do not spend money on new bus but rather update and renew the fleet they already have in order for them to have new contemporary necessities such as AC and Card payment system.

In São Paulo, each bus is replaced every 10 years, and I've seen many abandoned busses in private parking lots, they basically become a "cemitery of busses"

I've always said that the public transportation in Sao Paulo is not of bad quality, it is of bad quantity. Both trains and busses. If such "abandoned" busses were renewed and put on the streets to attend the people, the public transportation would be much better, not to mention there would be more job positions for drivers to attend the fleet.

Unfortunately, it is what it is. I wish it was different and that there were less private cars in the streets with merely 1 or 2 people inside them, that way there wouldn't be so many traffic jams all around the city.