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Re:Walmart will begin offering to subsidize college tuition ... by ghaff on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @02:36PM (#17190310)
That's probably a bit of an exaggeration but I daresay that there are very few people who own a car solely to run errands today. If I need to own a car to run errands, I probably need a car for other reasons too.

What is true is that there are people who live in cities and use Zipcar, Uber, regular rentals, etc. instead of owning. If that's the case, the cost calculus changes if you need to pay in order to run errands.

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Re:Walmart will begin offering to subsidize college tuition ... by s73v3r_ on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @03:32PM (#17190964)
It's not. The amount of places where you can get by without having your own car is pretty small in this country.
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Re:Walmart will begin offering to subsidize college tuition ... by emodendroket on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @10:53PM (#17193608)
I honestly don't think anyone who doesn't live in the center of a city everyone's heard of uses a service like Zipcar, but sure, if you need to rent a car to go Walmart looks less attractive. If you need to rent a car to go you also probably don't live near a Walmart, which as far as I know has abandoned the urban concept and decided to stick with their rural/suburban box store.
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