Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal shift from road to rail

Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by carlosjobim on Monday October 14, 2024 @02:43PM (#41840539)

I wrote in the comment above that land and housing is expensive also in regions with low population density. Because the land owners there also demand top dollar for the land they have. The same problems are in rural areas as in urban areas, of course it is accentuated more in urban areas since those are also places where people can make a high income and population is denser.

I've lived in the woods, so I know exactly how it is. As long as you have a vehicle you are fine. Haven't you ever been outside of a city in your life? They have energy and modern comforts. I've lived off grid as well, and that was fine. You have to plan differently.

You are arguing from obsolete standpoints, which probably have never been true. Why? To defend a status quo that is strangling generations of people?

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by consteval on Monday October 14, 2024 @02:50PM (#41840610)

> As long as you have a vehicle you are fine

Right, so a vehicle... and a road and a city and thousands of years of human innovation.

> They have energy and modern comforts

Right, at the expense of the city which keeps the rural and even suburban areas on Welfare. Because providing funding to places where nobody lives in a money burner. Luckily, the "status-quo" is 100% to burn money on rural and suburban areas.

So, congratulations, the status-quo benefits you.

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by carlosjobim on Monday October 14, 2024 @03:52PM (#41841215)

> Right, so a vehicle... and a road and a city and thousands of years of human innovation.

Or a boat, you know? Roads are everywhere and have nothing to do with any urban/rural division you feel so strongly about.

> So, congratulations, the status-quo benefits you.

I live in the city.

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by consteval on Monday October 14, 2024 @04:30PM (#41841617)

> I live in the city

That's actually hilarious

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