How to get rich without getting lucky

Re:How to get rich without getting lucky by HeyLaughingBoy on Friday June 01, 2018 @12:15PM (#17206813)

"Norm" is probably more than two cars. I have a 17 year-old. When he gets his license, we have a car waiting for him (OK: it needs a bunch of repairs, but whatever). Right now, it's a pain in the ass to drive him places (like to & from work).

In my neck of the woods, the average is probably 4-6 cars per family.

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Re:How to get rich without getting lucky by sametmax on Friday June 01, 2018 @12:18PM (#17206855)

It's really exotic for me :)

I always thought so funny the american TV shows depicting a 16 years old fighting his parent over his/her first car, and finally getting it.

My brother and I, we shared one small motorbike ^^

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Re:How to get rich without getting lucky by moate on Friday June 01, 2018 @01:55PM (#17208084)

National statistics disagree with you. IDK what your neck of the woods is, but there's millions of people who live in urban areas in which car ownership is completely foreign that bring those averages down.

http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/profiles/United-Sta...

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Re:How to get rich without getting lucky by HeyLaughingBoy on Friday June 01, 2018 @02:51PM (#17208739)

Depends on which statistic you look at, I guess. One line says the US has 765 motor vehicles per 100 people and the next one down says it has 816 motor vehicles per 1,000 people.

So which is it?

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Re:How to get rich without getting lucky by jandrese on Friday June 01, 2018 @05:07PM (#17210315)

765 vehicles per 100 people has to be a typo.

816 per 1000 sounds reasonable when you consider how many are childern, live in big cities, are in the military, etc... There are some pretty big classes of people who own no vehicles whatsoever.

If you look at married suburban households the number will almost certainly be over 2. The most common case involves one person driving to work while the other shuffles kids around or has their own job. The public transport option may exist, but is likely inadequate (excessively slow) and undesirable.

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Re:How to get rich without getting lucky by wrycoder on Friday June 01, 2018 @03:49PM (#17209400)

And tens of millions out here in the tules who need a car to get around. Otherwise, it’s back to the horse and wagon. There’s no public transportation, and there won’t be any until the tules are gone.

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