Normally I'd agree with you, but I can pick my swim lesson time and I don't have to worry about headway timing because I know when to leave and the train is timed. For untimed services, certainly I'd believe it.
These are complaints of generality that don't have relevance in the specific case.
LPB is 23 vs 39 for me but I do drive. Either way I wouldn't think it "meh".
But I suppose standards of living in the US are by default so far ahead of other places that these are considered the minimum to not be "meh" here.