this post was submitted on 22 Apr 2025
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Fuck Cars

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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I realized this very quickly when I moved to the city. No longer had to worry about parking, gas, insurance, how to get home when i'm tired or drunk. It's pretty great.

[–] varyingExpertise@feddit.org 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Having experienced both sides of the coin, living in a city came with other downsides. My bike was stolen twice, my backpack once, my basement was broken into, I didn't know my neighbors, my car was broken into and I didn't have any space for any kind of hobby. I even got into SOTA because I couldn't even install a long wire antenna anywhere and the HF (and actual audio) noise levels were off the charts. Living in the boonies now with a bunch of great neighbors, I own a few hectares of forest, I'm happy to pay some money for mobility in exchange for all that.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 15 points 3 months ago

happy to pay some money for mobility in exchange for all that.

Most of the costs are probably externalized and not paid for by you

Also good neighbors vs bad neighbors isn't intrinsic to city vs country. You could easily have a neighbor out there that shoots guns unsafely , or feeds bears, or whatever. I had a whole DND crew here in the city that we could walk to each other's places.

But this is kind of getting off the topic of cars aren't the freedom people say they are.

[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Upvoted even though the DMV is not a company.

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

When I got my first car, since I hadn't driven for many years before that moment, whenever I drove, I felt like I was moving at superhuman speeds. Like, walking is slow, cycling is around 15-25km/h on average, yet driving is 50km/h and higher, on most streets where I drove.

Having a human-scaled life, means not moving at such unusual speeds, that sure, are normal in the 21st century, but common, haven't we proven that bigger isn't always better, faster isn't always beneficial?