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[meme] Why do people only seem to mean cars when they talk about electric and/or autonomous vehicles?
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this post was submitted on 26 Jul 2023
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For me it's because I want an electric car and don't really care about other modes of transit. I don't want to be in a dense city, and a car is far more practical outside of one.
How do you have time to do anything when you're stuck in traffic all day?
I'm not. I largely work from home, but when I am out I don't go into the city because I'm not a big fan of being around people.
Oh, so you do all your travel in the suburbs? Goodness, no wonder you work from home! You poor thing.
Eh. 3 bedroom house for $1300/month, 2 car garage with a forge inside it, and a 2Gbps unlimited fiber line. I'm fine not venturing into the city.
That house would be even cheaper if there were less demand for it, and there would be less demand for single family homes if the supply of medium density dwellings were improved. Lots of people would want to live in the cheaper to build, cheaper to live in terrace houses, row houses, duplexes, town houses, flats, and brownstones. And with people moving out of the suburbs, your suburb house would get cheaper.
I know exactly 0 people that want to live in the projects.
I know a bunch of people that do live there, however.
They all hate the row houses, terrace housing, etc.