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Re:Australia Mourns the End of Its Car Manufacturing Industry by megablast on Saturday October 21, 2017 @09:27PM (#15524618)
Yes, I have lived in Brisbane, Melbourne and now Sydney. All 3 cities could do with no cars.

But people here are too addicted to them, and couldn't even imagine going down to the shops without a car. And make lots of excuses about it, such as it is too far and too big.

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Re:Australia Mourns the End of Its Car Manufacturing Industry by stephenr on Saturday October 21, 2017 @09:43PM (#15524672)
Let's pick common ground. Define "Melbourne"? How far from the cbd before it's not Melbourne for you, because I know you can't be suggesting people in Frankston or pakenham don't need a car.

And from personal experience I can tell you that any argument of not needing a car goes out the window as soon as someone has kids. Discussion over. Unless you're volunteering to cart around all the shit parents take with them?

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