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I don't think I follow, all of those people in my example are taking the same route / the same bus, How is that different? Or what difference would there be on

I don't think I follow, all of those people in my example are taking the same route / the same bus, How is that different? Or what difference would there be on a carpool / not a carpool? On the same idea, walking a few blocks is the expectation here, being left on the same block on public transport would be enough to increase real state value The bus I take everyday usually has: - A random assortment of (Usually european) backpackers - Some hospital workers - A few factory workers - Some office monkeys like me - Random people dressed normally that I can't categorize We just go along roughly the same route at the same hour

llbbdd 1y ago
This is also mostly true in the US but replace the backpackers with people who often have little or no reason to be on the bus at all; panhandlers or people whose specific motive during the day is to harass people on the bus for money or fun. There are people who spend all day on the bus following its route back-and-forth to harass passengers. It's a not-insignificant amount of people; I have no doubt they exist in some form in other countries and maybe the generalized social solution lies outside the transit system, but I do think it's a product of having truly public transit in a place where the public is a sample of everybody everywhere. EDIT: The distinction I make with a carpool is that you all know each other - you know the passengers, you know the drivers, everyone knows each other, the social contract enforces that nobody does anything too off-putting. Truly public transit has to assume that every passenger is a stranger to the other, and that's harder.
- queenkjuul 1y ago
  Where the fuck do you live dude