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The social ideology of the motorcar (unevenearth.org)

submitted 11 months ago by alyaza to c/citylife

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[–] t3rmit3 1 points 10 months ago

I don't know where this author got the idea that I see my car as a status symbol. It's first-and-foremost a tool.

I can run errands far more quickly. I can travel to places that don't have public transit links. I can take jobs outside of major cities. I can actually leave the city to experience nature.

I've lived in SF for 11 years before I bought my car, and it SUCKED. Want to go to some cool state park? Make a friend who owns a car, cause a bus ain't going there. It was terrifying thinking that if I lost my job I basically had nowhere to go and no means to get there. I've lived in places with much better public transit like Paris and Nagoya, and I wouldn't want a car if I was living there, but even in France and Japan there are many places you need a car to get to.