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> Transportation? We don't have nearly the tax rate on fuel that, say, European countries typically do. Sure, but how many miles does the average European driv
by lkbm 4y ago
> Transportation? We don't have nearly the tax rate on fuel that, say, European countries typically do.
Sure, but how many miles does the average European drive in a year, and what's their MPG? Before he semi-retired, my dad's daily round-trip commute was ~70 miles. Do any Europeans drive that much?
- pastage 4y ago50 km is a long commute but it is not unheard of. Doing 50km under 40 min is doable, as long as that is possible by car you will have quite a lot of people commuting like that. Almost all commutes are under 40 min but average is 25 min.
- rootusrootus 4y agoThe US is a big place, we definitely drive more miles. But the fuel tax in Europe is high enough that the overall cost isn't necessarily dramatically higher in the US. Also, a lot of the public transit (at least in my experience) in Europe is surprisingly expensive, though that probably depends a lot on where you live and where you need to go.