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How much of that is because you live in one of the sprawliest cities in the US? Of course living in San Jose would be terrible without a car. But that's becaus
by opportune 4y ago
How much of that is because you live in one of the sprawliest cities in the US?
Of course living in San Jose would be terrible without a car. But that's because the city was designed around cars. In places like Hong Kong it's the exact opposite, you would not even want a car because the city was not designed around them - you can easily get to places without one, and things like parking/dealing with pedestrians/the cost would make it an overall terrible UX.
Also, you are not exactly not paying baggage fees or saving money on wifi. The car itself still has a lot of costs (the upfront cost or payments, insurance, gas, various bureaucratic costs, parking, potentially tolls) - it may very well be that in your situation you're still effectively saving money with the car, but it's not exactly clear-cut.
- kodah 4y agoYou actually didn't address why I said I liked cars, which is for road trips. My independence is really another. My point here, is rather than arguing for no cars, I argue for a society that balances both equally. I don't really like the idea of people making somewhere totally unwalkable or totally undrivable. Ironically, as much as you tried to disqualify what I said, I have no problem walking or biking around San Jose. Whether it was "designed for cars" is pretty arbitrary to me. I can ride my bike to the grocery store or deli and I can walk to a c-store and anywhere else I need to go. Maybe stop trying to dismiss me and really read what I said.