• RaoulDook@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If your car gets 30 mpg, then you could drive 30 miles for less than $5 probably. It would be more frugal to drive and have the cheaper cost of living.

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      1 year ago

      only because it’s artificially constructed to be like that for the benefit of the car-oil industrial complex

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          1 year ago

          specifically, in this case, euclidean zoning, FAR limits, skewed investment, unsafe intersections, oil subsidies, etc.

      • RaoulDook@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        No, the roads were constructed so that people could travel from one place to another more easily. They existed before cars did, and people traveled on these old roads with horses and carriages. Many of the roads around where I live (in an area the government designates as rural) have historical markers that describe their history going back to the days of Colonial times.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah if it’s all about money then go that route. You are also forgetting the cost of a car itself needed there which is a ton more than just the $5 cost of gas.

      Otherwise walking gets you exercise which is better for your health in the long run and in general; the cafe gives a sense of a “third space” and community and the lack of a car is a ton better for both the environment and traffic which also affects everyone’s general health.

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      1 year ago

      That is only true if you prefer money over the environmental damage you do.

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        1 year ago

        The minuscule amount of pollution that my fuel-efficient car produces is completely insignificant in the grand scale of planet Earth. So yes I do prefer having money to live on than worrying about that.

        You can guilt trip me about my car after you succeed in getting millionaires to ground their private jets and when mega-corporations stop massively polluting everything around the world.

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          1 year ago

          Sure, and throwing a can out of the window on a highway is also insignificant >.>

          You have the exact same mentality as those millionaires you complain about.