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I completly agree with that and it still means freedom to me. Just leaving and going to place where I can't/don't want to go by bus/train/etc.. Take my bike and
by aluhut 13y ago
I completly agree with that and it still means freedom to me. Just leaving and going to place where I can't/don't want to go by bus/train/etc.. Take my bike and tent with me propably or just cruise. Leave in the middle of the night, take somebody with me with the person not having to care about transportation money. Making a break where I want to and so on.
I found the articles way of comparing all this and to IPhones very sad. There is some fantasy involved in using a car. It seems that this has been lost also not only to authors but to those kids he's describing.
- mb_72 13y agoLiving in Australia, as I do most of the time - you would be hard-pushed to 'get by' without a car. The distances to even basic facilities are too large, the population is too-widely distributed for public transport to be a realistic option. Registration / insurance is expensive, yes, and petrol too - but for less than 2kAUD (about the same American) you can get a good-enough car (safe, reliable, if not cosmetically wonderful), and the rewards in terms of freedom are more than worth it. I am an older guy (41), but my younger friends in their 20s don't show any signs of wanting to forgo car ownership.