We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty

Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty by inglor_cz on Saturday February 19, 2022 @04:19PM (#30400634)

"Poor people in Europe can easily hop a train to get to another town or village if needed."

Not completely true, there are many rural regions where the train or bus service is very irregular, if not discontinued outright.

One of the reasons why the Yellow Vests in France were so forceful: French countryside is seriously underserved by public transport and living there without a car or with very expensive fuel is hard.

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Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty by seanmcdirmid on Saturday February 19, 2022 @04:46PM (#30400830)

That might be true, in that they are underserved, but that is a huge difference from the USA’s non-service. My experience is in (the French speaking part of) Switzerland, where to get to a remote mountain village you must go by postal bus from the train station. The postal bus only came once every 2 hours, which was a pain, but it was very viable.

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Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty by Simon_O_Rourke on Sunday February 20, 2022 @02:48PM (#30408680)

I've been to a few of those near Neuchatel, the busses may be sparse, but they're regular and reliable

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