• FlakesBongler [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    9 months ago

    It’s absolutely fucking weird to me because I hate driving

    My car? An absolutely irritating piece of junk that costs me money just to own

    If I drive it, it costs me gas and maintenance

    If I don’t drive it, I still have to maintain it because they break from not being driven too

    And best of all, I still have to pay excise tax, registration fees and safety inspections every fuckin’ year!

    I miss being able to walk and take the bus sadness-abysmal

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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      9 months ago

      I know more than a few people who dump tons of money into their vehicles precisely because they know they’re doing multi-hour commutes.

      And the reputation of public transit in the US has always been trash, in large part because we have heavily invested in segregating our populations and taking sadistic glee in making the lives of the lesser halves miserable.

      I miss being able to walk and take the bus

      I love taking trips up to the East Coast, because I do get a taste of functional public transit. But NYC leadership absolutely hates its subway-using population. They make it abundantly clear every time they make entering the subways a bit harder and using them a bit less pleasant by degree every time I visit.