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Why do people on HN think the US is special about (quantity of) driving? All wealthy non-microstate nations are driving nations. And, they drive a lot. That
by throwaway2037 2y ago
Why do people on HN think the US is special about (quantity of) driving? All wealthy non-microstate nations are driving nations. And, they drive a lot. That includes Australia.
- aucisson_masque 2y agoBicycle are pretty common in Europe, infrastructures are designed around it and pedestrian since the middle 90's. Most people still have a car but you wouldn't think about taking the car to go buy bread for instance.
- bamboozled 2y agoHaving lived in Europe, Australia, worked in US and Japan, I guess I have pretty unique experience with this. Americans walk the least out of all, followed by Australians. When I visit the the US for work. People sometimes stop and asked me if I'm ok because I'm carrying my groceries home from the store. People would say: "What are you doing? do you need help?" lol Virtually nowhere is designed for walking outside of say New York, parts of San Fran etc.