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> People also overestimate other people's ability to live car free. Here in Belgium there was this funny event where someone from the green party would do ever
by koonsolo 7y ago
> People also overestimate other people's ability to live car free.
Here in Belgium there was this funny event where someone from the green party would do everything by bike. She would give it as example that it was definitely possible for everyone.
Once she was elected in the government, she started using a car because "the job required it". So yeah, what about the rest of us?
- yardie 7y agoI mean in her defense most of us work a 9-5, M-F where we travel 2x per day, and the car sits unused 95% of the time. Some jobs do not have the luxury of sitting in an office. In those cases using a car makes perfect sense. My local representative uses public transport, and recognizes 30% of the populace does not currently drive.
- koonsolo 7y agoIf you have to drop off your kids in the morning and go get them in the evening, and a ride with the car to work takes you 45 minutes, it's pretty simple to choose that over taking 90 minutes to work without taking the kids on the way over. And yes I know the usual argument that everybody should be living in the city.