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TFA mentions "open road" in subtitle, then proceeds with anecdotes of city driving on the coasts sipping chain coffee. That's a very small representation of dri
by kodablah 7y ago
TFA mentions "open road" in subtitle, then proceeds with anecdotes of city driving on the coasts sipping chain coffee. That's a very small representation of driving in America.
- Causality1 7y agoThis bears repeating. Driving in major cities is, to me, one of the most miserable experiences to be found on the face of the earth.
- ohples 7y agoNot just that, living (or just being in) a city with cars is also terrible. Its lose lose for everyone.
- sfkdjf9j3j 7y agoWell, it's a win for the suburban dwellers whose weekend visits to the city are subsidized and accommodated by the people who live there full time.
- Causality1 7y agoSubsidized in what way? Cities still have to have roads for buses and delivery trucks and the vast majority of road wear comes from semi-trucks so it isn't the roads themselves. Are you saying the visits are subsidized on the basis of the increased traffic costing the city more money than it receives from the tourist dollars spent by the visitors?
- ohples 7y agoBuses and delivery truck don't need giant parking lots, which can't be used for anything else.
- Causality1 7y agoDo you know a lot of major cities with large amounts of free parking? When city land becomes valuable enough that people in parking lots don't generate more wealth than they would if there wasn't a parking lot, the parking lots get sold and buildings are put there instead.
- ohples 7y agoI wish that were the case but there are minimum parking laws in place in a lot of place that prevents that. And yes most cities I've been to tend not to charge for parking at night or on the weekends.
- Causality1 7y agoSuch a bizarre practice. Demand on the weekends is highest and logically the parking fees should be highest, not zero. I'm not one from whom to take advice on the subject, though. I think roads are for driving and parking on them is perverse and I refuse to live anywhere crowded enough to have a bus system.
- panzagl 7y agoAuthor is from UK, so maybe the Jersey Turnpike seems like the open road. Would love to get his take on driving in Wyoming or Montana though.