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Driving isn't a mandatory activity
by kennywinker 4y ago
Driving isn't a mandatory activity
- culi 4y agoThat's silly. Is being able to pay rent mandatory? I guess you can always CHOOSE to be homeless, right?
- kennywinker 4y agoEveryone needs a place to live. Somewhere in the zone of 30% of people in the US over the age of 16 don't have a driver's license. The percentage that use that license regularly is going to be much much lower.
- culi 4y agoI'm not saying everyone needs to drive. I'm pointing out that you're saying that NO ONE _needs_ to drive. There's clearly many people who don't get to WFH or simply live in the majority of the US where public transportation is crap
- hedora 4y agoThis is like arguing that you don’t need to drive because you can just hire a chauffeur. Walkable / public transit-accessible housing is far more expensive than urban sprawl housing.
- ryukafalz 4y ago> Walkable / public transit-accessible housing is far more expensive than urban sprawl housing. Not where I live? If you search Zillow for apartments below $1000/month and center the map on Philadelphia, you'll see some in the suburbs, but overwhelmingly they're in the city.
- kennywinker 4y agoDepends. Like sq ft to sq ft yeah, because places outside the city are bigger, but a 2 bedroom apartment in the city, once you subtract car costs, is likely cheaper than a 2 bedroom apartment in the 'burbs.