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birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Only because public transit is shit in rural areas due to the coal, oil, and gas lobby.

In countries like Switzerland, it’s available even in rural areas. A big country like China can build them aplenty. And the US used to have a much denser network of public transit.

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MrFinnbean@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
We have basic public transit, and id say long distance transport is excelent, but it does not serve me at all when i need to drive because of my work from farm to farm, or i want to pick mushrooms or berries from random forest plots.

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- birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  And bicycling then?
  
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  - MrFinnbean@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Because i cant bike holding fence posts and tools. Nearest shop is 15km one way trip and nearest bus stop 500m away. Long enough so i dont want to carry my groseries by hand.
    
    As for biking i do a lot of recreational bike trips.
    
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    birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Wouldn’t an electric bike be an option? They go 25 km/hr (speed pedelecs can even go 45 km/hr, handy for rural areas).
    
    And there are bicycle bags, you put them on the back of your bike.
    
    that said, fair, recreational bike trips are fun. hope you have a good day :3
    
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masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Lmao.

Bruh I was in Switzerland last year, their rural areas are like 20min from their urban areas. You can literally fit 26 countries of Switzerlands into a single province of Ontario.

Public transit is great, but you’re acting like public transit can cover all the edge cases of country living and it just fundamentally cannot.

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