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Maybe it's too much to hope that people don't want cars because cars destroy the urban environment, cause many fatal accidents and lead to global warming? At l
by jimmytidey 10y ago
Maybe it's too much to hope that people don't want cars because cars destroy the urban environment, cause many fatal accidents and lead to global warming?
At least in Europe, I think cheap flights are another factor. The car used to enable the fantasy that you could wake up in the morning and drive off in search of adventure.
But any adventure within driving range looks increasingly passe in the era of easy foreign travel.
- Piskvorrr 10y agoAdventure within driving range also means "adventure within medium-distance public transport, with no worries about designated drivers etc." That said, I don't really see a decline in this lifestyle (even cheap flights are no match to 4 people to a car, pricewise), so perhaps each of us is only looking at their own precious one data point?
- dagw 10y agoBut any adventure within driving range looks increasingly passe in the era of easy foreign travel. I'd say that cheap flights have had the exact opposite effect. A long weekend in London/Berlin/Paris has become increasingly passe compared to a long weekend spent a 4 hour drive off the beaten track in that place you can only reach by car.