Re:Free Transit for Riders Under 18? In Paris, It’s Here
by gregoriol on Sunday September 06, 2020 @01:39PM
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This might be kind of "unfair" for under 18 people living in smaller towns or in rural areas: they must have a car or motorbike to do everything, which is expensive (purchase, gas, repair); while transport is not very expensive in Paris to start with (~80€ per month adult price).
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Re:Free Transit for Riders Under 18? In Paris, It’s Here
by Barrin92 on Sunday September 06, 2020 @01:43PM
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Which gives a proper incentive for people to urbanise, which is a good thing. Not to mention that Paris is also one of the principal sources of public revenue to begin with.
Re:Free Transit for Riders Under 18? In Paris, It’s Here
by MayeulC on Sunday September 06, 2020 @03:21PM
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> which is a good thing
Well, no offense, but things aren't that Manichean in my book. There are upsides and downsides to urbanisation. Obviously, public transport is an up in most cases, but there are also a lot of downsides.
Re:Free Transit for Riders Under 18? In Paris, It’s Here
by Barrin92 on Sunday September 06, 2020 @04:30PM
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a lot of rural or provincial towns in Europe are in terminal decline for many reasons, but chief among them demographics.
My family comes from a very rural German village. There is no economy, there isn't even a physician any more since the last one retired, everyone commutes over an hour to work in the next big city etc, and this is systemic.
Some people may not see it that way because it's always painful to uproot ways of life but I think the case for the prosperity of those regions is virtually impossible to make, and it's getting worse steadily.