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Re:American society wasn't always so car-centric. Our future... by CalRobert on Sunday January 21, 2024 @02:27PM (#39081991)
Your freedom to drive generally reduces other people's freedom to walk, bike, and take transit. Among other things it's often illegal to build homes where people want to live so that you can park your car there.
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Re:American society wasn't always so car-centric. Our future... by FredPret on Sunday January 21, 2024 @02:40PM (#39082148)
Except those other people also want cars. So we all live in a sprawling, low-cost-of-living city and we are happy.

Of course, some people call this slice of heaven a "nightmarish hellscape of stroads" [0] but thank goodness those people can move somewhere else and leave our cars alone.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39081965

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