It was hyperbole on Downtown which does have public transportation as do the outlying areas. However relative to real cities much of the core infrastructure is relatively limited or lacking when you compare it to a more traditional city like Philly, NYC, Chicago or Boston. Compared to places like that SD is basically one giant suburb and the advantages that befall upon the more urban areas are less pronounced as delineated in my post about how nearly everything I need on a daily basis is within 5 to 10 minutes of my front door. The suburbs of the more traditional major cities do not offer what ours do here.
