Amateur radio gives a bit of a false impression. I can drive across Arizona and through major cities on 2 meter and 70 cm and not get any response on simplex or repeater, via my mobile rig. Honestly, I turn it on now only to listen to aviation band traffic when traveling.
222 MHz? I've never gotten one response in Maricopa County on several working repeaters. In Yavapai County, I occasionally get a response on the machine.
33 cm gets a bit more repeater use.
All of these are without use of nets.