#do work on a train and every!! and it's safer and cheaper! and they're like :o well what about my truck..... | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

unofficialoracle · 3 months ago

Text

"I hate driving but love the convenience of my car"

Love watching people conflate "car convenience" and "car dependency". Is your car really convenient, or is your city designed around car usage?

You hate driving but you would never consider a different option? You hate something you spend an hour doing each day on average, but will still pick that over options you can't even name?

It's easy to forget that positions like

"We shouldn't have to drive to the grocery store"

And "multifamily housing should exist in all neighborhoods"

Are incredibly unpopular in America

#like oh my god #the number of Americans who loathe cars but are like this is it this is the best we can come up with #astounding #as a human who has this conversation regularly with IRL people. oh my god.#me: a vast system of trains would actually be far more convenient to you as a person bc you can sleep and watch TV and text friends and..#do work on a train and every!! and it's safer and cheaper! and they're like :o well what about my truck.....

4K notes · View notes