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You can opt to live closer to work and not pay as much in transportation
by 52-6F-62 8y ago
You can opt to live closer to work and not pay as much in transportation
- shittyadmin 8y agoStill gives you the car loan, lost your job event though...
- grey-area 8y agoYou can’t opt to ditch the car, which is silly. This simulation feels far too constrained and tied to a narrative to be convincing.
- mikeash 8y agoIt’s realistic. There are few places in the US where you can live without one. I’m surprised it even lets you live close enough to walk to work. There are a lot of jobs out there where it’s impossible to live that close.
- bluGill 8y agoThere is one house within walking distance to my job: the farmhouse that was here before it was developed. (there used to be two houses, but one was torn down last year when the owners sold). There is an apartment complex a long walk away but there are not enough units there for everybody who works in this office park. Even if you lived in either of the above you would need a car because there are no grocery stores withing walking distance. That is all my choices for living close to work. There is no transit within walking distance either. In short, if I'm to not have a car I need a different job. This situation is not unusual in the US.
- grey-area 8y agoPeople are very attached to their cars, thus they invent reasons to keep them. If you can walk to work you do not need a car, travel to work is one of the few good reasons to own one.
- mikeash 8y agoWhat if you can walk to work but can’t walk to a grocery store?
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoOr can't guarantee you'll be living/working somewhere that you can walk to work in a few months.
- grey-area 8y agoVery unlikely in a city. Lots of people live without a car, as the app is trying to simulate poverty it’s not v. accurate to assume you have a car.
- pavel_lishin 8y agoWhich sounds great, until you lose your job and your new one is suddenly 75 miles away, or away from any public transit options. Move closer to the new job, you say? Not everyone can drop a few grand to terminate a lease and hire a moving truck and put down a new first-month-and-security-deposit.
- 52-6F-62 8y agoI was just responding to their critique of the game—not real life. I know what poverty feels like.
- pavel_lishin 8y agoAh, sorry; I didn't realize. I think a lot of people here don't know what it's like.
- 52-6F-62 8y agoNo worries. It's good to see that some people empathize, especially if they don't know what it's like.
- pjc50 8y agoIn most areas that means paying more in rent.
- 52-6F-62 8y agoYes, I was just speaking with regard to the game— in which case it definitely charges you more in rent.