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I live in Vietnam where effectively nobody has a car. We also have a monsoon rainy season for six months a year that dwarfs any rain anywhere in America gets.
by freddie_mercury 5y ago
I live in Vietnam where effectively nobody has a car. We also have a monsoon rainy season for six months a year that dwarfs any rain anywhere in America gets.
Somehow people are still able to have families and get kids to school.
- i_am_proteus 5y agoNot too many folks in Vietnam use cars, but a whole lot of folks in Vietnam use motorcycles.
- refurb 5y agoHa! People in Vietnam are notorious for walking nowhere. Need to go to the store down the street? Get the motorbike. Sidewalks are crammed with bikes so being a pedestrian sucks hard in Vietnam. Add on top you’ll often be riding a motorbike in between container trucks i think your example makes the opposite point you think it does.
- freddie_mercury 5y agoThe OP said, "I can't imagine having multiple children and living with no car." My point was that hundreds of millions of people have families without having a car. I didn't say anything about being a pedestrian. And container trucks aren't allowed in the city before 10pm, so I doubt you'll spend much time riding among them
- refurb 5y agoBut the problems with cars aren’t eliminated with motorcycles. In fact, the emissions on motorcycles are way worse. And I’m not sure balancing a family of two adults and two children on a motorbike is much of a better option. And sure if you’re wealthy enough to live in the city center there aren’t many container trucks, but many people aren’t.