Wow I totally agree with you.
"Rush hour" in my smallish city is before and after school with moms dropping off or picking up their kids. I know some kids who grew up overseas who would often travel alone (think Ukraine to Austria - not a simple direct train) and do it easily. Then some adults from the USA would come to Europe and not be able to do hardly anything on their own!
It's not just the kids. Even the adults here in America can't get around small airports. "Where's my gate?" As they stand under a big sign pointing to "All Gates" and a monitor showing gate assignments.