• pedz@lemmy.ca
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    15 hours ago

    A car. Gas/petrol for a car. A parking spot for a car. Car insurance. A driver’s license. Winter tires for cars. Anything car related.

    It’s so ridiculous to pay for a mobile living room that needs to be parked everywhere people go with it.

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      23 minutes ago

      For me the car meant i felt like a grown up with tons of freedom. I can go anywhere, see anything.

      I used to feel like you until i got one. But now, no way im ever living without one again. Its a life upgrade you cant go back from.

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      10 hours ago

      I just moved back to a city with decent enough transit and dumped my car and god I’m so much happier. I hate driving and car ownership with a fiery passion.

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        3 hours ago

        Yeah. I moved into a city and region with enough transit for my needs but my family still lives in a place where there hasn’t been a coach or trains in 30 years. There were before but not anymore. And going to other regions or cities without a car is also becoming more and more difficult, if not impossible.

        Unfortunately my province and country only care about cars. I really don’t want to drive but I fear that I won’t have any other choice at some point in the future because my other options are actively deteriorating.