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Basically everywhere in the world everyone who can afford it gets a car as soon as they can. The only exceptions are some of the megacities like London in which

Basically everywhere in the world everyone who can afford it gets a car as soon as they can. The only exceptions are some of the megacities like London in which it's impractical due to congestion / on street parking being scarce. You would know this of course if you had travelled so I can only really assume that you haven't. Drop a pin randomly on a point in Europe and it's overwhelmingly likely that you can't even get to that spot without a car.

defrost 2y ago
> Drop a pin randomly on a point in Europe and it's overwhelmingly likely that you can't even get to that spot without a car. Really makes you wonder how the Europeans coped for several millennia prior to the car. Cutting to the chase; train, bus, bicycle, walking can get people pretty much every where in modern Europe, save those few places that require serious climbing skills.
- naming_the_user 2y ago
  By "can't" I obviously mean that it's impractical not literally impossible. Of course you can technically walk to anywhere that a car can go and more places besides. The point remains. People buy cars as soon as they can unless the built environment forces most of them not to (e.g. London, NYC, Tokyo). Even in London most people buy cars as soon as they have a family unless they're skint.
  - defrost 2y ago
    Habits can change and transport habits will very likely change in near future (course of a human lifetime). Already, for a few decades now, more humans live in urban settings rather those that live outside city bounds - the rising trend is for more energy efficient urban transport, in non US setiings that leads to improved mass transit and cheaper rates for lighter vehicles. > Of course you can technically walk to anywhere that a car can go and more places besides. Some of us actually do, no technicality required.
- southernplaces7 2y ago
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  - defrost 2y ago
    > Speaking from your cozy bubble of superiority .. is simply a form of naval gazing arrogance. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Do better.
    - southernplaces7 2y ago
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defrost 2y ago

> Drop a pin randomly on a point in Europe and it's overwhelmingly likely that you can't even get to that spot without a car. Really makes you wonder how the Europeans coped for several millennia prior to the car. Cutting to the chase; train, bus, bicycle, walking can get people pretty much every where in modern Europe, save those few places that require serious climbing skills.

naming_the_user 2y ago
By "can't" I obviously mean that it's impractical not literally impossible. Of course you can technically walk to anywhere that a car can go and more places besides. The point remains. People buy cars as soon as they can unless the built environment forces most of them not to (e.g. London, NYC, Tokyo). Even in London most people buy cars as soon as they have a family unless they're skint.
- defrost 2y ago
  Habits can change and transport habits will very likely change in near future (course of a human lifetime). Already, for a few decades now, more humans live in urban settings rather those that live outside city bounds - the rising trend is for more energy efficient urban transport, in non US setiings that leads to improved mass transit and cheaper rates for lighter vehicles. > Of course you can technically walk to anywhere that a car can go and more places besides. Some of us actually do, no technicality required.
southernplaces7 2y ago
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- defrost 2y ago
  > Speaking from your cozy bubble of superiority .. is simply a form of naval gazing arrogance. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Do better.
  - southernplaces7 2y ago
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