Senior Citizens Struggle with Suicide as Loneliness and Isolation Set In

Re:Senior Citizens Struggle with Suicide as Loneliness and I... by aianus on Monday July 29, 2019 @06:12PM (#20560002)

I've lived in Europe and Asia and of course, it is much easier to get somewhere on public transit than it is in my hometown of Toronto.

However, driving my car in Toronto is so, so much nicer than even the best public transit I've experienced (Hong Kong or Tokyo). I felt a decent amount of friction going places because "ugggh, I have to take this line and switch lines there and then walk and oh, btw, it's raining and 33 degrees celsius outside".

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Re:Senior Citizens Struggle with Suicide as Loneliness and I... by hestipod on Monday July 29, 2019 @06:13PM (#20560015)

I guess for me the attention driving requires, the stress of other drivers trying to kill me, and vehicle costs, parking etc all outweigh the "on demand" nature of it for me. I found having public transport available actually increased my social interaction.

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