Re:Cities Experiment with Remedy for Poverty: Cash, No Strin...
by samatman on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @09:58PM
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It's even true of shoes.
My Mephistos are excellent shoes, which I wore constantly around the world. Not so much as a stitch is out of place. When the soles wear out, they can be repaired.
Going on four years now, my father had a pair for two decades. If I were wearing sneakers from Payless, I'd be a few pairs in by now, no question about it.
That particular brand is a bit on the luxury side of the tradeoff spectrum, but it remains the case that you can spend a couple hundred on lifetime shoes, or fifty bucks on shoes for a season.
A lot of things are like this. Cars aren't one of them.
My Mephistos are excellent shoes, which I wore constantly around the world. Not so much as a stitch is out of place. When the soles wear out, they can be repaired.
Going on four years now, my father had a pair for two decades. If I were wearing sneakers from Payless, I'd be a few pairs in by now, no question about it.
That particular brand is a bit on the luxury side of the tradeoff spectrum, but it remains the case that you can spend a couple hundred on lifetime shoes, or fifty bucks on shoes for a season.
A lot of things are like this. Cars aren't one of them.