People in Los Angeles Are Getting Rid Of Their Cars

Re:People in Los Angeles Are Getting Rid Of Their Cars by gioele on Sunday September 04, 2016 @04:12AM (#12423349)

> You see this play out with every generation. I read an article recently that incredulously reported that Millenials - the car rejecting generation! - have started buying cars. Of course they have, because they're coming into the age where they get married, have kids and move to the suburbs.

European prospective: in most cities and towns it is not hard at all to have a family with kids and have no car. Many things are at walking distance and for the rest there is a widespread public transportation network.

The only people that _need_ cars are those living in rural areas or on the new suburbia-style boroughs born along secondary highways (new development of the last 50 years).

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Re:People in Los Angeles Are Getting Rid Of Their Cars by mattmanser on Sunday September 04, 2016 @04:22AM (#12423366)

Actual European perspective: Your country is different from other European countries.

Here all my friends with young kids are buying 4x4s and people carriers as taking a baby and a toddler on the bus is a bit of a nightmare.

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Re:People in Los Angeles Are Getting Rid Of Their Cars by Broken_Hippo on Sunday September 04, 2016 @05:23AM (#12423505)

Or maybe Your country or region is different.

I'm in Norway living in a decent sized city (for Norway). The public transportation is great here, and taking a baby or toddler on the bus doesn't seem to be an issue at all. People often don't take young children out of their strollers.

Now, off in the countryside, it seems that public transportation thins out (though isn't non-existent), and more people have cars. Usually small-to-medium sized front wheel drive cars, families usually have a 4 door model.

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