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Re:Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it by tbrownaw on Friday February 17, 2017 @02:42AM (#13666640)
Not everyone lives in a city (or even town).

For example my parents live in a mini-subdivision of a dozen or so houses about 5 miles outside the nearest city limits. The walmart is on the way out of the other side of town.

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Re:Let’s not demonize driving, just stop subsidizing it by adrianN on Friday February 17, 2017 @03:22AM (#13666770)
I don't think the majority of all American car miles stem from the "not everyones".

Poor city planning that makes cars all but essential is the problem, not the dozen houses way out in the sticks. In Germany even towns with a population of like 30k have at least basic necessities within cycling distance, and Germany is way worse than, say, the Netherlands. I'm pretty sure that the majority of the population lives in towns that are larger than that.

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