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Many Americans Are Open to Car-Free Living
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this post was submitted on 01 Jan 2026
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I don't have a car nor do I plan to have one, ever.
At the same time I do enjoy speed. I also enjoy the aesthetics of speed. I also appreciate the philosophy of freedom and discovery.
... those though are NOT the properties that most people can enjoy on their daily commute. When you take side by the side the values promoted in a car advertisement (those listed above) versus what people actually live (stuck in traffic daily, bumper to bumper, in a very well defined path where everybody else also is, at the very same time) it's actually ironically enough diametrically opposed.
So whether you genuinely enjoys cars or not be honest about your actual daily experience then adjust appropriately.
Every fucking car advert is some giant SUV coasting around mountain passes and on vacant beaches, or some CGI city with no traffic lights. People are not being sold the idea of traffic and decimated urban landscape, yet that is what they get for their dreams of speed.
Ironically people who actually want that experience should be the loudest advocates for practical mass transit alternatives to driving... so less people clog up roads.
I don't know how everyone was convinced cars mean freedom. In my opinion, they're nothing but obligation, time, and money. I hated it. They're so needy! I hate maintaining shit. I don't have to maintain the bus! That's someone else's job!