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Not necessarily. Some cities still have fairly bad public transport. Using the car just happens to be worse.

• jsemrau 8y ago
  Anecdotal evidence, I just came back from Munich and compared to Singapore vehicular traffic is much worse.
  • jmiserez 8y ago
    While Singapore public transport is good and taxis are reliable, they also make it very expensive for people to own a car, and the total number is restricted. See here for numbers: https://dollarsandsense.sg/complete-guide-buying-car-singapore/ https://dollarsandsense.sg/complete-guide-buying-car-singapo... Their example car worth 50'000S$ (~36'000 USD) will end up costing 160'000S$ (116'000 USD) total.
    • charlesdm 8y ago
      Still cheaper than most Scandinavian countries!
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      • htgb 8y ago
        What on earth do you mean with that? Seems to be around 40k USD in Sweden, and I've never before heard of any rumor that cars would be an unaffordable luxury in Scandinavia.
        • charlesdm 8y ago
          How much would, say a new Audi A4, cost you in Sweden? Singapore is expensive because of the additional taxes that get added on to the base price. From what people (on HN in fact) have told me most Scandinavian countries levy significant extra taxes on car purchases. So the $40k car might actually only be $15 to 20k in other countries such as Germany and Belgium?
          • pathseeker 8y ago
            But neither of those ranges are near the $160k in Singapore.
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          • jeroen 8y ago
            Starting prices for a Volvo V60, in euros: The Netherlands: 36,500 Belgium: 35,000 Germany: 37,500 Sweden: 31,000 These may not be exactly comparable feature-wise, but those extra taxes don't seem to have a big impact.
        • analyzethis 8y ago
          Hint: Scandinavia is not a country. Cars are cheap in Sweden compared with Denmark, for instance.
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      • EastLondonCoder 8y ago
        As other people are mentioning it depends what country in Scandinavia. Sweden is not super expensive. Norway is very expensive but on the other hand they have excellent subsidies for electric cars: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/jul/02/norway-electric-cars-subsidies-fossil-fuel https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/jul/02/norway-electri...