• doingthestuff@lemy.lol
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      7 days ago

      To be fair, only one time in my adult life have I flown somewhere and NOT rented a car as soon as I landed.

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          7 days ago

          My friend showed me a map of their snowbird parents’ neighbourhood in AZ and it’s literally an hour walk to the nearest non-house with zero bus service.

          Rest of the world can’t comprehend such levels of car-brainedness.

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            That’s insane. But just imagine how rich they are on all the taxes they don’t pay! Probably jet setting all over the world…

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            I bet you’re American. I know you have terminal car brain. It’s a great shame, over here public transit has always been so good that I genuinely never felt the need to get a car. I save so much money, save on the environment, don’t have to breathe carcinogenic exhaust fumes in traffic and in garages on my commute, can spend the time working or watching shit on my phone…

            It should be a no brainer but I know the US has been going through a rough patch for… checks watch… a few centuries.

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              Huh. The only time I breathe shitty air is when I travel to cities. I mostly just avoid cities though. Not so much because of the traffic or crime or pollution though. It’s city people. Fucking insufferable.

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          7 days ago

          If you visited my area you wouldn’t have to drive one. You could even get a hotel with a shuttle, and if you stayed downtown you could walk a lot of places. But if you wanted to go anywhere other than walking from your hotel you’d have to hire an Uber. If you were near the part of town where I live, there are zero options other than cars.

          I have traveled a lot of the world also. But I don’t like cities, nor do I visit them. When I visit countries I like to visit mountains, wilderness and remote villages and camp in the wild under the stars. I have rented many 4x4s.

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            Yeah for sure. Thing is I save so much on not owning a car that whenever I need it, I can easily just book a cab.

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              And I save so much by not living in an inflated city that I can afford to rent cars all over the world.

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          6 days ago

          I don’t like cities anywhere. I don’t travel to visit cities, I travel to experience remote areas in different parts of the world. I’ve lived in Europe and used lots trains but the places I enjoy are usually more difficult to get to