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We may soon have 70 million boomers too old to drive, too car-dependent to stop. (lloydalter.substack.com)
submitted 6 days ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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As the baby boomer bubble pushes into its eighties, we are driving into a demographic wall.

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[–] 1 point 4 days ago

There aren't a lot of options here.

Either a church/neighbors take turns taking care of her

Her family takes care of her

Or she moves somewhere where she can walk/cab/state assisted transport to where she needs to go.

The US has shit for elderly safety nets.

I would assume if she's that close to the wire she doesn't own her own house she could sell and is already taking advantage of whatever welfare is available to make sure she doesn't end up in a ditch.

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