@[email protected] to Fuck [email protected] • 2 years agoYou’re 17 times more likely to die traveling the same distance in a car than on a trainwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1524
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•2 years agoIf only I could take the train to get groceries
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink27•edit-22 years agoIf you demand proper urban planning, you will be able to walk to get groceries.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•2 years agoThey can stick to cars, that makes sense. But in the US, only 17% of people live in rural areas. That’s not a trump card.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoJust fuck the infirm, old, and anyone too busy to go to the store every day?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoA car is not a wheelchair. What about a proper social net that provide the help people need. Or just grocery delivery, some supermarkets are offering free delivery for people above 65 in France
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-22 years agoThose can use the personal mobility helpers (personally I’m fine even with small electrical quadricycles using the bike infrastructure in urban areas), unlike some people with disabilities that can’t drive a car - fuck those right? But good try.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•2 years agoI walk to get groceries, to the doctor, to the dentist, to the pub, to the park, to see my friends (or ride bike)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoYou live in an area where that’s possible
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•2 years agoI didn’t buy a house in the suburbs for the sake of buying a house.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoSo in other words you live in a city and therefore an area where walking and using public transportation is possible. Not everyone lives in a city, can afford to live in a city, or is in a position where simply moving to the city is an option.
If only I could take the train to get groceries
If you demand proper urban planning, you will be able to walk to get groceries.
How does that help rural people?
They can stick to cars, that makes sense. But in the US, only 17% of people live in rural areas. That’s not a trump card.
Very unlikely to happen in this area
Which is why you have to plan ahead.
Just fuck the infirm, old, and anyone too busy to go to the store every day?
A car is not a wheelchair.
What about a proper social net that provide the help people need.
Or just grocery delivery, some supermarkets are offering free delivery for people above 65 in France
Those can use the personal mobility helpers (personally I’m fine even with small electrical quadricycles using the bike infrastructure in urban areas), unlike some people with disabilities that can’t drive a car - fuck those right? But good try.
I walk to get groceries, to the doctor, to the dentist, to the pub, to the park, to see my friends (or ride bike)
You live in an area where that’s possible
I didn’t buy a house in the suburbs for the sake of buying a house.
So in other words you live in a city and therefore an area where walking and using public transportation is possible.
Not everyone lives in a city, can afford to live in a city, or is in a position where simply moving to the city is an option.