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This is one of the things I hate most about living in the US. Europe was so much more connected and accessible. Even rural places mostly had public transport. W
by hestipod 7y ago
This is one of the things I hate most about living in the US. Europe was so much more connected and accessible. Even rural places mostly had public transport. Where I live now there is nothing. I have no car of my own and have to borrow one to get into "town". No tram, bus, train to pop on when needed. It is a massive negative in quality of life.
My entire life I have heard the excuses, but it boils down to the reason that most other things here that are wrong...are wrong...because individualism is seen as proper and better than social systems of all types.
- aianus 7y agoI've lived in Europe and Asia and of course, it is much easier to get somewhere on public transit than it is in my hometown of Toronto. However, driving my car in Toronto is so, so much nicer than even the best public transit I've experienced (Hong Kong or Tokyo). I felt a decent amount of friction going places because "ugggh, I have to take this line and switch lines there and then walk and oh, btw, it's raining and 33 degrees celsius outside".
- hestipod 7y agoI guess for me the attention driving requires, the stress of other drivers trying to kill me, and vehicle costs, parking etc all outweigh the "on demand" nature of it for me. I found having public transport available actually increased my social interaction.