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People in Europe live mostly in tiny houses or apartments even with families. These dwellings have similarly sized appliances and furniture and don't have stora

People in Europe live mostly in tiny houses or apartments even with families. These dwellings have similarly sized appliances and furniture and don't have storage for things like ATVs, boats, snow blowers, lawn mowers etc. Americans with families usually live in big houses, those houses have full sized appliances and furniture that does not come in flat-packed boxes, they sometimes have the above-mentioned vehicles, which are not road-legal in the US and require transportation. They also might do repairs on their houses since they own them. The houses are made mostly from wood, which comes either in form of long pieces of lumber or long and wide pieces of plywood. None of the above will fit into an "estate".

piva00 3y ago
I don't believe that explains it, where I live if you have the need to carry a large load you just go to a nearby gas station and rent out a small box truck to transport it. I did that with all my non flat-packed boxes furniture, my appliances, all the construction material I ever needed. It costs me 80-90€ for a 4-6h rental period, or around 120€ for a full day with the truck. How many families that own a truck in the USA have the need to transport ATVs, boats, and so on? It really doesn't add up in my head that the vast majority of these beastly trucks I see on highways when I go to the US have this need. Where I live houses are also made of wood, I really need some data instead of just an opinion on why there are so many trucks in the USA, it really doesn't make sense without hard data.
- pandaman 3y ago
  >where I live if you have the need to carry a large load you just go to a nearby gas station and rent out a small box truck to transport it Sure, you can rent anything. I responded to somebody who does not understand why would anybody need a truck. Many people post on HN regularly how they don't own a car and rent one if they need it. I don't see how this proves that you cannot possibly need a truck though, why you rent one if you don't need it? >How many families that own a truck in the USA have the need to transport ATVs, boats, and so on? All that have ATVs, boats, and so on? It's pretty pointless to have one without means of transportation since you cannot really drive an ATV on the street, much less so a boat. >Where I live houses are also made of wood, I really need some data instead of just an opinion I cannot help you with that other than giving you dimensions of common lumber items: plywood and drywall comes in 8'x4' sheets, dimensional lumber can be anywhere from 8' to 20', you can check it out at any supplier.

piva00 3y ago

I don't believe that explains it, where I live if you have the need to carry a large load you just go to a nearby gas station and rent out a small box truck to transport it. I did that with all my non flat-packed boxes furniture, my appliances, all the construction material I ever needed. It costs me 80-90€ for a 4-6h rental period, or around 120€ for a full day with the truck. How many families that own a truck in the USA have the need to transport ATVs, boats, and so on? It really doesn't add up in my head that the vast majority of these beastly trucks I see on highways when I go to the US have this need. Where I live houses are also made of wood, I really need some data instead of just an opinion on why there are so many trucks in the USA, it really doesn't make sense without hard data.

pandaman 3y ago
>where I live if you have the need to carry a large load you just go to a nearby gas station and rent out a small box truck to transport it Sure, you can rent anything. I responded to somebody who does not understand why would anybody need a truck. Many people post on HN regularly how they don't own a car and rent one if they need it. I don't see how this proves that you cannot possibly need a truck though, why you rent one if you don't need it? >How many families that own a truck in the USA have the need to transport ATVs, boats, and so on? All that have ATVs, boats, and so on? It's pretty pointless to have one without means of transportation since you cannot really drive an ATV on the street, much less so a boat. >Where I live houses are also made of wood, I really need some data instead of just an opinion I cannot help you with that other than giving you dimensions of common lumber items: plywood and drywall comes in 8'x4' sheets, dimensional lumber can be anywhere from 8' to 20', you can check it out at any supplier.