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He's in Iowa. In these midwest states (Nebraska for me), public transportation is very scarce. Most jobs out here require we own a car, or have some way to re
by holtalanm 8y ago
He's in Iowa. In these midwest states (Nebraska for me), public transportation is very scarce.
Most jobs out here require we own a car, or have some way to reliably get to work. Most of the time that does not involve public transportation in any way.
- SwellJoe 8y agoThat's worth a whole discussion in and of itself. Iowa is a terrible place to be: Homeless, looking for a tech job, without a car.
- jrockway 8y agoYeah. My comment was not meant to be a smug "hah, country folk" comment, but rather a reflection on how poor urban planning hurts so many people. I legitimately believe that it's impossible to work for certain companies in Iowa if you don't own a car. And you can tell from the story how hurtful that is to individuals and those companies.
- baby 8y agoDoes everyone have a driver's license there? In France none of my friends (and I) have one and we never really needed one.
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- jakeinsf 8y agoYes, pretty much the only places in America that you can survive without a car are New York and San Francisco, but who can afford the rents? I lived in Honolulu for several years and took the bus to work there, but it worked because I had a reverse commute and because the island is small and the ocean prevents expansion in several directions, the bus routes pretty much only run in two directions, which makes commuting possible, whereas in Chicago you would probably have to take a bus and then a train and then change trains to get to work and that would add up to about two hours commute each way each day - a deal breaker for me.
- rootsudo 8y agoI would say Chicago too.
- chrisseaton 8y agoSo how do for example blind people who cannot drive find work?
- jakeinsf 8y agoA better question is "What jobs can blind people do?"
- adrianN 8y agoAll jobs that involve sitting in front of a computer and typing things.
- abraham_lincoln 8y agoKinda ignorant.
- TheCoelacanth 8y agoLess than 20% of people who are partially or totally blind are employed[1]. The vast majority simply don't. [1] http://www.afb.org/info/blindness-statistics/adults/interpreting-bls-employment-data/234 http://www.afb.org/info/blindness-statistics/adults/interpre...
- Aeolun 8y agoYou can reliably get to work by walking... if you are homeless, you can reliably get to work by sleeping in the parking lot. I just really don’t see how not having a car is at all relevant to the question of reliably getting to work.