▲ 275 ▼ Buying a new car has become unaffordable for a growing number of Americans. The auto industry is worried (www.nytimes.com) submitted 5 months ago* by Valnao@sh.itjust.works to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world 139 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.vg -4 points 5 months ago (1 child) Cars are luxuries. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (2 children) Without public transportation they aren't. When you live 20 miles from your job in Bumfuck, USA how do you get there without a vehicle? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* Dude, I'm in the San Diego area. And if I had to rely on the bus, a simple grocery shopping trip would take at least 3 hours, not counting a mile and a half walk to and from the nearest stop. I did take a train and an express bus to work, because it happened to stop directly at my workplace. permalink fedilink source parent [–] veganpizza69@lemmy.vg 0 points 5 months ago No, they still are. You can always turn a luxury into a relative need by stretching out resource intensity. I could easily make the case for commuting with rockets from the Moon to Earth and back, or for some billionaire commuting with a private jet. Doesn't make it not a luxury. If you hate it, protest against the car system and suburbia, and for dense urban development with public transit. There is no alternative. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (2 children) Without public transportation they aren't. When you live 20 miles from your job in Bumfuck, USA how do you get there without a vehicle? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* Dude, I'm in the San Diego area. And if I had to rely on the bus, a simple grocery shopping trip would take at least 3 hours, not counting a mile and a half walk to and from the nearest stop. I did take a train and an express bus to work, because it happened to stop directly at my workplace. permalink fedilink source parent [–] veganpizza69@lemmy.vg 0 points 5 months ago No, they still are. You can always turn a luxury into a relative need by stretching out resource intensity. I could easily make the case for commuting with rockets from the Moon to Earth and back, or for some billionaire commuting with a private jet. Doesn't make it not a luxury. If you hate it, protest against the car system and suburbia, and for dense urban development with public transit. There is no alternative. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* Dude, I'm in the San Diego area. And if I had to rely on the bus, a simple grocery shopping trip would take at least 3 hours, not counting a mile and a half walk to and from the nearest stop. I did take a train and an express bus to work, because it happened to stop directly at my workplace. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.vg 0 points 5 months ago No, they still are. You can always turn a luxury into a relative need by stretching out resource intensity. I could easily make the case for commuting with rockets from the Moon to Earth and back, or for some billionaire commuting with a private jet. Doesn't make it not a luxury. If you hate it, protest against the car system and suburbia, and for dense urban development with public transit. There is no alternative. permalink fedilink source parent