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You should see what's been going on in the US. Due to a combination of anti-tax crusaders, aging of the workforce, service industry jobs asking for higher wages
by rconti 4y ago
You should see what's been going on in the US. Due to a combination of anti-tax crusaders, aging of the workforce, service industry jobs asking for higher wages, and Covid chaos, school bus service is drying up all over.
I have friends in multiple states who spend hours every single day, sitting in a line to drop off/pick up their kids from school. It's utterly, mind-bendingly insane. I still cannot fathom it, and it makes me angry.
They'll say things like "you have to get there an hour ahead of time so that you only wait 45 minutes more" because if you show up at the "correct" time you'll be waiting for 2 hours.
In a lot of cases, these schools have been built where you really can't walk to school, and children are not allowed to leave on their own.
- CalRobert 4y agoThat's horrible. Atrocious, actively spiteful urban design is a big part of why we left the US 10 years ago. I rode my bike to high school in suburban Sacramento, and I lived, but it was 4.5 miles of terrible stroads the whole way. I want better for my kids.
- Symbiote 4y agoIs that this sort of thing? I saw it a while ago, and wasn't sure how common it was. https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/pdgo6p/arriving_at_school_usa_vs_netherlands/ https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/pdgo6p/arriving_a...