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24-year-old attempting to rollerblade across the entire US killed in hit-and-run (www.kctv5.com)
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SALINE COUNTY, Kan. (KWCH/Gray News) — A Norwegian man attempting to rollerblade across the U.S. was killed in a hit-and-run in Kansas, officials said.

The Saline County Sheriff’s Office identified the man as 24-year-old Joachim Lanham.

Lanham was documenting his rollerblading journey across the U.S. on Instagram. According to a post from his family, he was hit by an SUV on day 22 of his journey from New York to Los Angeles

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[–] 120 points 5 days ago (5 children)

The problem with public transportation in the US is that black people will use it. That means the old white lady is going to fight paying for it and then take her own car anyway.

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  • [–] 20 points 4 days ago

    This is the answer.

    I live in a conservative area and I've literally gotten political fliers in the mail from two different republican local campaigns bickering over who's the most against public transportation.

    One of them said "So-and-so would fund a new bus station that would allow those people from the city to come to our town!"

    The other one's response was basically "Whats-his-face is a liar! So-and-so only suggested funding and renovation of an existing bus station which doesn't have a route to the city. It wouldn't bring those people from the city here at all!"

    To me, reading that just felt like the entire county's racism on full display...

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  • [+] -8 points 5 days ago (3 children)

    Um what??? What in the classist world did i read???

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  • [–] [M] 20 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    Describing other people's classism is not itself classist.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    Also the statement was more about racism than class, anyway

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  • [–] 5 points 4 days ago

    There are those who would downplay the difference, but that's a discussion for a different community. (In general, at least. The effects of environmental racism on transportation/land use/urbanism specifically would be on-topic, however.)

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