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09-14-2016, 11:43 PM
I wrote a letter to a weekly paper some years ago, and they actually published it. I'm going to propose the same idea here. Car haters should have their own separate country.
I'm not sure where the nation would be, but it would be perfect for car haters. They could outlaw cars and not have roads. They could spend all their time walking, bicycling, maybe skating, and skateboarding. It would be the car-free utopia that they dream of.
Best of all, we wouldn't have to put up with them any more. We could build adequate highways and be able to get around.
So, what do you all think? Should car haters have their own separate country? Would you love to see them go?
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09-14-2016, 11:44 PM
Would this country have traffic islands?
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09-15-2016, 12:24 AM
I've lived in a car-free utopia before. It was great. People were more social and in much better shape.
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09-15-2016, 12:27 AM
I'd totally live there. I don't have a car at the moment and wish life was more convenient for me.
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09-15-2016, 01:13 AM
It's called Old Europe, and I crave it like water.
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09-15-2016, 01:16 AM
Denmark. I read somewhere that they wanted to ban cars and make the whole place bike and public transit friendly.
The world would be a better place if they all went to their own little playpen and let the real workers do their own work.
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09-15-2016, 01:58 AM
In New York City you are better off with no car.
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09-15-2016, 03:28 AM
Ideally, every society should work toward the goal of increasing quality of life for people, regardless if they have vehicles or not.
In NYC one can live without a car. Driving across Brooklyn can take 2 hours, while the L train will take you there in less than 30.
I tried to live in Poland without a car, and it's a depressing, horrible experience. Public transportation is poor, and getting into bad situations because of it is an inevitable, almost weekly affair.
Is there anything more depressing than working hard, having your own business, and still being at the whim of broken trains/buses, crowded with human filth? After buying a car here, I don't think I could ever go back to that.
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09-15-2016, 04:10 AM
^^ A Beta orbiter from Tinder will be happy to go get groceries instead of her.
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09-15-2016, 07:12 AM
Venice has no cars. Unfortunately it's dirty, expensive, and it stinks.
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