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Where I live public transport extends well into the countryside.

by Kristine1975 11y ago

falcolas 11y ago
Counter point - it does not for me. Attempting to use public transport for me would involve an hour walk (in the snow, half the year), and an hour and a half on the bus. A car, on the other hand, is right around a 20 minute drive on a bad day.
maxerickson 11y ago
An interesting comparison would be how much of the US has a comparable population density and less public transport. The very high density areas of the US tend to already be better served than the rest of the US. You can take a train to rural Massachusetts, but it has ~10x greater density than the US at large (that's a fuzzy number and not carefully determined; it's ~100x for the less populated western states and ~500x for Alaska).
pionar 11y ago
May I ask where you live? The countryside can mean any amount of distance. In many parts of the US the "countryside" between cities could stretch hundreds of miles. I live outside of Detroit, but I'm originally from Indianapolis. That's ~300 miles, a 4.5 hour drive by car. I drive that stretch about once every other month to visit family, do work functions (I work from home; my company is in Indianapolis) and other things. As I make this drive, through what is almost exclusively small towns and farms, there's no way public transportation could be made affordable enough to cover the vast distances required so that the reliance of cars in this area would be diminished. And that's in the Midwest, where the cities aren't that far apart (every major city is 2-5 hours away from the others)! Imagine Texas, where you can drive in a straight line for >10 hours and still be inside that state.
- Kristine1975 11y ago
  >May I ask where you live? In Germany. In Baden-Württemberg to be exact. And by "countryside" I mean 10-30km. But why on earth would you live hundreds of miles away from where you work? First thing I did when I started going to university in Baden-Württemberg was move there. As for when I visit my parents or siblings (about 600km away), I take the train.
  - pionar 11y ago
    >But why on earth would you live hundreds of miles away from where you work? I work remotely, but occasionally it's nice to get face time with the team. I moved for my wife, who got a job (in an industry where there's not a lot of jobs) in the area.

Where I live public transport extends well into the countryside.

Counter point - it does not for me. Attempting to use public transport for me would involve an hour walk (in the snow, half the year), and an hour and a half on the bus. A car, on the other hand, is right around a 20 minute drive on a bad day.

maxerickson 11y ago

An interesting comparison would be how much of the US has a comparable population density and less public transport. The very high density areas of the US tend to already be better served than the rest of the US. You can take a train to rural Massachusetts, but it has ~10x greater density than the US at large (that's a fuzzy number and not carefully determined; it's ~100x for the less populated western states and ~500x for Alaska).

pionar 11y ago

May I ask where you live? The countryside can mean any amount of distance. In many parts of the US the "countryside" between cities could stretch hundreds of miles. I live outside of Detroit, but I'm originally from Indianapolis. That's ~300 miles, a 4.5 hour drive by car. I drive that stretch about once every other month to visit family, do work functions (I work from home; my company is in Indianapolis) and other things. As I make this drive, through what is almost exclusively small towns and farms, there's no way public transportation could be made affordable enough to cover the vast distances required so that the reliance of cars in this area would be diminished. And that's in the Midwest, where the cities aren't that far apart (every major city is 2-5 hours away from the others)! Imagine Texas, where you can drive in a straight line for >10 hours and still be inside that state.

Kristine1975 11y ago
>May I ask where you live? In Germany. In Baden-Württemberg to be exact. And by "countryside" I mean 10-30km. But why on earth would you live hundreds of miles away from where you work? First thing I did when I started going to university in Baden-Württemberg was move there. As for when I visit my parents or siblings (about 600km away), I take the train.
- pionar 11y ago
  >But why on earth would you live hundreds of miles away from where you work? I work remotely, but occasionally it's nice to get face time with the team. I moved for my wife, who got a job (in an industry where there's not a lot of jobs) in the area.