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342345@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

You seem ambivalent about the topic. I understand your arguments, but I don’t agree with your solution. That doesn’t need to bother you. We probably have very different requirements for transportation.

I live in an area where I don’t need a car to get where I want to - bike, bus and train are sufficient. And I don’t normally need to transport so much that I need a car. And if I need a car I get a rental for a short time.

Sometimes I shake my head a little in disbelief because I find the trend towards more individual transportation within large cars concerning. But then again my lifestyle isn’t for everyone and who am I to judge?

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zeekaran@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Extremely few Americans live in a place where that is even possible. Few can afford to move to a place like that because they are so rare and desirable. Your comment is not helpful.

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- NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  This is also a bugbear for me. Since even in countries with genuinely amazing public transportation (such as Japan), people who live in more rural or remote areas are still up a creek. You might have a bus but you basically have one or two routes per day and if you need to “head into town” at any other time… you need a car.
  
  But there are various youtube channels by rich white people who live in some of the more expensive cities on earth that basically say “fuck the poor” under the guise of better city design. And… don’t get me wrong, living in a city with public transportation is amazing and America as a whole REALLY loves unwalkable towns. But there are always going to be situations where private transportation is needed (even if it a few cars that the entire town “shares”).
  
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  - TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    some of the more expensive cities on earth that basically say “fuck the poor” under the guise of better city design
    
    You’ve got that backwards.
    
    Those are great cities to live in which is why living there is expensive. Cause those cities can’t accommodate that many people.
    
    The city design isn’t the problem. Scarcity of it is.
    
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- 342345@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It wasn’t meant to deliver a solution. It’s an opinion.
  
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