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Re:Why we ignore thousands of daily car crashes by Akronymus on Thursday July 21, 2022 @06:53PM (#32186236)
> It makes sense because, for most of America, we have designed our environment to be heavily dependent on the possibilities cars open up for us.

I disagree on "possibilities cars open up".

If it is optional to use a car basically everywhere, then sure, those are freedom. In the majority of the US you are locked to HAVING to have a car.

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Re:Why we ignore thousands of daily car crashes by googlryas on Friday July 22, 2022 @01:38AM (#32188898)
I think we might agree - don't miss the earlier part of that quote - "to be heavily dependent on the possibilities cars open up"

They are both a blessing and a curse. Cars let us commute 25 miles to work in any random direction easily, but a lot of times, that also means we are required to commute 25 miles to work in a random direction.

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