• DNOS
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    Yeah preatty much … Usualy depends on exactly where you live obviously and its never as confortable as taking the car but if you are and old man with almost all the time in the world you can go grocery shoping, to the barber , visit a local Mountain or lake just by buss …

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      “Never” is a massive understatement. Especially in big cities, say Paris itself, it’s a nightmare to drive a car compared to just using public transportation. Even outside of cities it can be much nicer to relax on a smooth train ride rather than have to focus on driving the entire time.

      Depends on where you live obviously.

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      As an American who spent most of their life in the south, which abhors public transit because racism(wish I was making that up) and now on the west coast, which is better but still woefully behind y’all, this is a fantasy for me

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        Yeh I think every group of people somehow finds a way to shame public transportation for us it’s about being poor I would really like to know what snob people in the green northen paradise (Norway finland ecc ) use as an excuse to shame it …