You used to be able to travel pretty much anywhere on the east coast by local bus or trolly. Even the unincorporated areas that didn't have local service had something that you could get from one edge of a city or town to the next. The bus companies then convinced cities to get rid of trolleys, and then the car industry helped do away with many of the bus routes leaving only very local service and very long distance service. Gone worthy roots that serviced the more rural sections and the unincorporated parts of towns.