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In Toronto, which is a metropolis, pickup trucks are everywhere. Is it different in other cities? Most of them get used like regular cars with nary a usage bump
by ksaj 3y ago
In Toronto, which is a metropolis, pickup trucks are everywhere. Is it different in other cities? Most of them get used like regular cars with nary a usage bump or scratch in the back in their lack of use, which is baffling (everyone has their theories), but they are very much not a rarity here.
- crazygringo 3y agoIn NYC I can't remember the last time I ever saw a pickup, unless it's an official city/parks maintenance vehicle or something like that. People simply don't drive them here, at least not in Manhattan or the parts of Brooklyn I know. Contractors seem to all use vans. (Obviously there must be some, but truly it would be incredibly rare to see.) I wonder what explains the difference?
- trilbyglens 3y agoEntirely different culture than the american west and south. NYC is just about as far from the country as you can get on the north American continent.
- crazygringo 3y agoRight but so is Toronto. Which makes me curious why pickups are a thing there -- that's the difference I'm wondering about.
- lamontcg 3y agoNYC is a city entirely surrounded by other dense cities and fairly unique in how impractical a large vehicle would be just due to the sheer impossibility of parking it. Looking at a map, I'll bet if you drive out to, say, Monticello you'll find yourself in Truck Territory long before you get there.