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0 pointsjaredhallen1y ago0 comments

Sounds like maybe you don't need a car. That's good for you, and I truly mean that. But that doesn't mean it's the case for everyone. It's a big, diverse world out there.

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rglullis1y ago· 4 in thread

Unless your idea of "diverse world" is confined to (suburban) North America, the need to own a car is the exception, not the rule.

KineticLensman1y ago

Rural southern England here. Public transport is non existant where I live. You need a car if you want a life.

I lost my driving license for medical reasons and have spent two years without driving. I am really conscious of what a car means in terms of having a social life, working, etc. If I was younger, I would have had to relocate

Tell that to the Amish.

Car dependency is something that we've learned, not the natural state of things.

bigstrat20031y ago

That's not true. Most of the world (by land area) exists outside cities, and outside a city you will usually need to own a car.

80+% of people live in urban areas.

throwaway2901y ago

Um the fact that some people in some (less developed?) places need cars is not an argument against cars being wasteful...

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