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I've lived in a large, dense city where the public transport was excellent. Having had that experience, and having also had the experience of living in a less d
by pdonis 2y ago
I've lived in a large, dense city where the public transport was excellent. Having had that experience, and having also had the experience of living in a less dense area where I used a car to get around, I prefer the latter.
Have you lived anywhere except where the public transport was excellent? Do you realize that people, like me, who prefer to live in other areas see benefits to doing so that outweigh the costs of having to have a car?
- Gud 2y agoI have. I lived in Dubai for two years. I drove a Jeep Grand Cherokee. I suspect they have modelled after a (rich) American city traffic, except they have had a green slate. I travel routinely for work(300+ days/year) and I’ve had many different living conditions. I also spend a lot of time in the UK and BENELUX, both regions that are predominantly car first but with mediocre public transport. Switzerland is the only country I’ve seen who does it right. I’ve heard Japan does it well, I wouldn’t know. What city was that?
- pdonis 2y ago> What city was that? Boston, some decades ago. As I noted elsewhere upthread, I understand that the T has deteriorated quite a bit since then. But at the time I lived there, I never felt any need whatsoever for a car and I never had any problems getting where I needed to go safely and in a timely manner.
- Gud 2y agoOk, so you consider your experience decades ago riding public transport in Boston to be comparable to modern day Swiss?
- pdonis 2y agoI have said no such thing. SInce I have never been in Switzerland I obviously can't compare the two. Can you?
- Gud 2y agoMy whole point was that you should try to live in a country with excellent public transport. I have been tried many places, and I would only consider Switzerland to fit that description(maybe Luxembourg, which has fantastic _free_ public transport). Would you describe Bostons public transport (decades ago) as “excellent”, or are you just being obtuse? Mind you, most of Europe has pretty good public transport, I wouldn’t call it excellent.
- pdonis 2y ago> My whole point was that you should try to live in a country with excellent public transport. And my whole point is that you have no idea what my preferences are and you should not be presuming to dictate to me what I should do. If you like where you live, great, enjoy it. And let me choose where I like to live and enjoy that. > Would you describe Bostons public transport (decades ago) as “excellent”, or are you just being obtuse? Get off your high horse. I have already described my experience. I'm not going to describe it again just because you feel like being insulting.