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Spoken like a true city dweller with no kids. Outside of sufficiently built-up cities with good public transport, the car is the only way to get around. And ev
by kstenerud 4y ago
Spoken like a true city dweller with no kids. Outside of sufficiently built-up cities with good public transport, the car is the only way to get around.
And even then, it's a pain to get groceries or go to the hardware store if all you have is a backpack to put things in. Getting the kids and their sports gear from A to B? Forget it.
- Arnt 4y agoI grew up outside the city and the car was indeed important there. But it's a rounding error, in a sense: The other day I read that 96% of car fuel is sold in cities and suburbs. Talking about the 4% is letting the tail wag the dog. Today I live in a city, in one of the areas that's solving its car problems by eliminating parking. Want to go here by car and don't live right here? Find some private offstreet parking and pay the price.
- josephcsible 4y ago> 96% of car fuel is sold in cities and suburbs Doesn't "and suburbs" make this irrelevant here? > Today I live in a city, in one of the areas that's solving its car problems by eliminating parking. Want to go here by car and don't live right here? Find some private offstreet parking and pay the price. So they made things better for people who can live in the city, like you, at the expense of everyone who has to commute into it. Isn't this just robbing Peter to pay Paul, and not an actual improvement?
- Arnt 4y agoPeter has a choice: Pay for a train ticket to commute, or pay for off-street parking. Both options cost money. If Peter dislikes that cost he can move to where Paul lives and vote to allow strangers to park for free in the street outside Paul's home (which is then also the street outside Peter's home).