• @credo@lemmy.world
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        -51 day ago

        Motorcycle rider here. Yes, families with children will rent a truck anytime they want to purchase groceries, and when it’s raining. It’s not practical.

        This is a stupid thread.

        • @newaccountwhodis@lemmy.ml
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          322 hours ago

          Are you by chance from the US? Because other countries have sensible zoning laws and public transit, making cars for families not a necessity but a luxury. Where I live, nobody needs a car. Shopping is done by cargo bike or hand cart, family trips are taken by train or metro.

          If you live in a stupid country tho people might depend on cars.

        • @fnrir@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          1 day ago

          The maybe use public transport? If you REALLY need to use buy car - buy one.

          Also: families were not mentioned before in this thread. Is driving around with your partner and 5 kids and a couch a daily occasion?

          • @credo@lemmy.world
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            121 hours ago

            Lol, come here and use our public transport options before you speak. This entire thread is led by those laying wide-reaching proclamations while being unable to consider any situation other than their own.

                • @NotSteve_@lemmy.ca
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                  -121 hours ago

                  Okay, then advocating for better urban planning and less urban sprawl. Unless you live in a rural area, you shouldn’t be required to go into debt to pay for a multi ton machine to be able to buy food. It’s odd that only in the last hundred years humans have stopped being able to function day to day without vehicles.

                  • @credo@lemmy.world
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                    221 hours ago

                    You all talk a big game, but I’ve been to about 20 countries so far in my life. Distributed all over the world. They ALL have traffic led by cars. I guess I haven’t been to Mumbai…

                    Your assumptions are wrong, and you live in fantasy. Get over it.

          • @credo@lemmy.world
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            010 hours ago

            Let me go ahead and quote the broad spectrum claim that came before mine:

            People don’t even need car tbh. Motorbikes everywhere please. Zip zip, less traffic, everyone pays attention to road or falls and dies.