• Stumblinbear@pawb.social
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    11 months ago

    Nobody is trying to get rid of cars for those in rural areas, as that’s unfeasible. The ONLY place people genuinely care about cars existing is in cities where they can be built and changed to be walkable. I shouldn’t NEED a car to get to a grocery store. I shouldn’t NEED a car to get to work. I should NEED a car to get to anything fun to do. This is a feasible goal.

    It’s about choice. I have no choice but to have a car. I don’t want a car. I am forced to have a car because the alternative is… There is no alternative, right now.

    It’s about the freedom to have the choice to not drive.

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      11 months ago

      I forgot that majority of people here are American and stuck with car exclusive infrastructure. The city that im trying to get to has plenty of bike lanes and sidewalks. I hope you will get those in the future.

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        11 months ago

        I live in Minneapolis which is one of the more walkable cities in the US and it’s still not fantastic. I have to walk 30 minutes to the nearest bus stop with only 1/3 of it on sidewalks. After that I can get to downtown (or anywhere but suburbia) on the busses and metro, but it’s pretty slow