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You should see if there are carshare options around you. Even if you’re spending $50/weekend (which is a fair amount of driving — Communauto is as low as $3/hr

by KMnO4 4y ago

You should see if there are carshare options around you. Even if you’re spending $50/weekend (which is a fair amount of driving — Communauto is as low as $3/hr), that’s still quite a bit cheaper than owning a depreciating asset with lifetime maintenance costs (not to even mention insurance and fuel).

ryukafalz 4y ago
Oh do I wish there were carshare options near me. Just moved from Philadelphia where ZipCar seems to be the only remaining contender, and you're lucky if there's one within a half hour's walk in the part of the city I was in. It's even worse in the town I moved to. There used to be a few at the nearby train station, but those seem to have disappeared. (This reminds me, I should go cancel my membership.) I'm jealous of the carshare options that seem to be available elsewhere. If it were as easy here as in this NJB video, it'd be a no-brainer: https://youtu.be/OObwqreAJ48 https://youtu.be/OObwqreAJ48
ambicapter 4y ago
"You will own nothing and you will be happy"
- tsgagnon 4y ago
  This must be the new astroturfing attack against concepts like public transportation. I've seen this phrase pop up too frequently at this point for it to be organic.
  - EricE 4y ago
    The simple may see it as astroturfing, others see it as an observation by those paying attention. I'm now living in a house I own without a mortgage because 20 years ago I bought a house and didn't rent. Utilities and property taxes are my only expenses. Yes, there is maintenance but if you don't think that's also factored into rent you are beyond delusional. Landlords aren't going to lose money out of the goodness of their hearts. I haven't had a car payment in over a decade because I take care of my stuff. The car goes in the garage; I don't fill my garage with a bunch of useless stuff I will likely never touch again (or pay someone else to store it!). Common sense stuff like the above, sadly, isn't common sense any more - so hence pithy phrases like own nothing and like it. A modern day emperor has no clothes, if you will.
  - ambicapter 4y ago
    Maybe a lot of people just read the news? It was said by the leader of the World Economic Forum.
    - Toutouxc 4y ago
      Stop lying. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27ll_own_nothing_and_be_happy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27ll_own_nothing_and_be_...
      - ambicapter 4y ago
        > In 2016, Auken published an essay originally titled "Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has never been better",[2] later retitled "Here's how life could change in my city by the year 2030". It described life in an unnamed city in which the narrator does not own a car, a house, any appliances, and any clothes, and instead relied on shared services for all of their daily needs. From your link. I'll let others decide whether or not that is "lying".
  - ambicapter 4y ago
    Also, car-sharing is not public transportation? Weird comment.

by KMnO4 4y ago

ryukafalz 4y ago

Oh do I wish there were carshare options near me. Just moved from Philadelphia where ZipCar seems to be the only remaining contender, and you're lucky if there's one within a half hour's walk in the part of the city I was in. It's even worse in the town I moved to. There used to be a few at the nearby train station, but those seem to have disappeared. (This reminds me, I should go cancel my membership.) I'm jealous of the carshare options that seem to be available elsewhere. If it were as easy here as in this NJB video, it'd be a no-brainer: https://youtu.be/OObwqreAJ48 https://youtu.be/OObwqreAJ48

ambicapter 4y ago

"You will own nothing and you will be happy"

tsgagnon 4y ago
This must be the new astroturfing attack against concepts like public transportation. I've seen this phrase pop up too frequently at this point for it to be organic.
- EricE 4y ago
  The simple may see it as astroturfing, others see it as an observation by those paying attention. I'm now living in a house I own without a mortgage because 20 years ago I bought a house and didn't rent. Utilities and property taxes are my only expenses. Yes, there is maintenance but if you don't think that's also factored into rent you are beyond delusional. Landlords aren't going to lose money out of the goodness of their hearts. I haven't had a car payment in over a decade because I take care of my stuff. The car goes in the garage; I don't fill my garage with a bunch of useless stuff I will likely never touch again (or pay someone else to store it!). Common sense stuff like the above, sadly, isn't common sense any more - so hence pithy phrases like own nothing and like it. A modern day emperor has no clothes, if you will.
- ambicapter 4y ago
  Maybe a lot of people just read the news? It was said by the leader of the World Economic Forum.
  - Toutouxc 4y ago
    Stop lying. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27ll_own_nothing_and_be_happy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27ll_own_nothing_and_be_...
    - ambicapter 4y ago
      > In 2016, Auken published an essay originally titled "Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has never been better",[2] later retitled "Here's how life could change in my city by the year 2030". It described life in an unnamed city in which the narrator does not own a car, a house, any appliances, and any clothes, and instead relied on shared services for all of their daily needs. From your link. I'll let others decide whether or not that is "lying".
- ambicapter 4y ago
  Also, car-sharing is not public transportation? Weird comment.