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People enjoy space and privacy. And income inequality means that people can literally afford to pay for other people to not be near them as they travel. Busse
by throwawayReply 10y ago
People enjoy space and privacy.
And income inequality means that people can literally afford to pay for other people to not be near them as they travel.
Busses and trains and other mass transport will return when income inequality is reduced to the point where the amount it costs people to pay for their own space is no longer affordable for them, but if you're earning 500 times the person next to you, you'll happily pay what it takes for them to disappear.
- majani 10y agoAlso cars have an element of freedom to them. Go anywhere, anytime. They also feed off the laziness of most adults.
- JulianMorrison 10y agoTrains are an artefact of income inequality. Someone can afford to build them and it's not you. Someone has all the leverage over whether you get a ticket to ride and at what price, and it's not you.