> The vast majority of poor Americans have a car. Because they have no choice, and are constantly forced to dump money into it to keep it on the road. This is

> The vast majority of poor Americans have a car. Because they have no choice, and are constantly forced to dump money into it to keep it on the road. This is absolutely pertinent to this discussion. Public transit systems are restricting because they are so poorly implemented. I live in a small town, but when I was looking into taking the bus to work in the morning, it would have taken two hours each way, every day. That's extremely poor public transit and creates a huge amount of pressure to buy a car instead.