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I live in Canada there is no other option
You live in Canada where there is no other option and yet somehow a significant portion of your neighbors don't own cars. Wonder how that words, Rab.
All my neighbours own cars. Literally every single one
You're using "neighbor" to mean, "people who's property is directly or nearly directly adjacent to mine". This is a shitty little trick of sophistry where you pretend to be obtuse so you don't have to acknowledge the obvious fucking point. I guarantee you, I fucking GUARANTEE you, there are people in your city who don't own cars. How do they do it, Rab? How do they do it?? There are no other options!!
Are you ok? My nearest neighbour is 3km away. You need to own a vehicle
you can't stop driving when the city is trash and doesn't have pt, this is just thoughtless optimism that isn't helpful to anyone
I mean, you could quite possibly cycle... moreso if you opt to use an electric bike
Out of curiosity how big is your city/your normal commute?
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I live ~5 minutes from my work, but unless I want to walk/bike on the shoulder of a road where people are regularly going 60mph I have no option besides driving. And i live in a small town, must be even worse for medium/large sized cities
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