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> Okay, well that's nice, but those of us who do need that space do need that space, whether you think we do or not. > I was able to move myself from San Franc

> Okay, well that's nice, but those of us who do need that space do need that space, whether you think we do or not. > I was able to move myself from San Francisco to Reno entirely by myself… I don’t think that this is as compelling an argument as you may think. The author would likely have pointed out that you could have done the same moving trip once by packing a U-Haul truck and driving it from your old home to your new home, using a vehicle that was more appropriate for a move without the need for multiple trips. You could have towed your car behind the U-Haul, had a friend drive it to the moving site to help you unpack, or returned the U-Haul to the original location and taken your car back to your new apartment, making it at most a two-trip move.

yellowapple 7y ago
> The author would likely have pointed out that you could have done the same moving trip once by packing a U-Haul truck and driving it from your old home to your new home A U-Haul would have cost more, have done more damage to the road, have done more damage to the environment, would have been far more difficult to get over the pass (which was under chain controls during one of the trips), would have been far more dangerous to other drivers, and would have been far more difficult to park in reasonable proximity to both the old apartment and the new one without being a massive nuisance to my neighbors. Regardless, that's just one example. Other examples (among many, many, many others): - The time I bought a couch from IKEA (not to mention other large pieces of furniture) and hauled it home entirely on my own, which was possible because I own an SUV - The multiple times I've hauled hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of IT hardware between sites for a company, which was possible because I own an SUV - The multiple times I've lugged home piles of computers I bought on the cheap, which was possible because I own an SUV That is, there have been enough times that my SUV has been an absolute godsend that it's more than justified its own existence. All three of those things would've been easier with a pickup truck or cargo van, granted, but a pickup doesn't also allow hauling as many passengers (without significantly sacrificing bed space or making the truck obnoxiously big), and cargo vans (or even minivans with fully removable seats) with 4WD/AWD seem to be less affordably available (else I would pick one up in a heartbeat).

yellowapple 7y ago

> The author would likely have pointed out that you could have done the same moving trip once by packing a U-Haul truck and driving it from your old home to your new home A U-Haul would have cost more, have done more damage to the road, have done more damage to the environment, would have been far more difficult to get over the pass (which was under chain controls during one of the trips), would have been far more dangerous to other drivers, and would have been far more difficult to park in reasonable proximity to both the old apartment and the new one without being a massive nuisance to my neighbors. Regardless, that's just one example. Other examples (among many, many, many others): - The time I bought a couch from IKEA (not to mention other large pieces of furniture) and hauled it home entirely on my own, which was possible because I own an SUV - The multiple times I've hauled hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of IT hardware between sites for a company, which was possible because I own an SUV - The multiple times I've lugged home piles of computers I bought on the cheap, which was possible because I own an SUV That is, there have been enough times that my SUV has been an absolute godsend that it's more than justified its own existence. All three of those things would've been easier with a pickup truck or cargo van, granted, but a pickup doesn't also allow hauling as many passengers (without significantly sacrificing bed space or making the truck obnoxiously big), and cargo vans (or even minivans with fully removable seats) with 4WD/AWD seem to be less affordably available (else I would pick one up in a heartbeat).