How driverless cars will affect our cities

Re:How driverless cars will affect our cities by JumpCrisscross on Friday March 29, 2013 @09:22AM (#5460547)

"a technology that condenses the time needed for commuting along the same route – and allows doing so in the back seat – will make [affordable, spacious dream] homes more agreeable"

As a New Yorker who spends a lot of time in back seats, I think the author is exaggerating the effect driverless cars will have on the palatability of commute times. I am more sensitive to commute times than my friends in the Bay Area, gladly moving to cut a 20 minute commute to 10. Even though I have a car taking me door-to-door, and even though I'm reading my email and screwing around on Hacker News the whole time.

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Re:How driverless cars will affect our cities by nkozyra on Friday March 29, 2013 @09:33AM (#5460594)

In other words, no matter how great, easy, convenient or pleasant things get, people will find a way to complain.

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Re:How driverless cars will affect our cities by jimktrains2 on Friday March 29, 2013 @09:28AM (#5460570)

>"a technology that condenses the time needed for commuting along the same route – and allows doing so in the back seat – will make [affordable, spacious dream] homes more agreeable"

Ugh, more sprawl.

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