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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

it has nothing to do with personal preference. that is your own selfish rhetorical frame. those things are wasteful and dangerous and require shitty hostile infrastructure. they are also a huge scam and you don't need one. this is why Americans are depressed as fuck.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I have a 7 seat tandem bicycle and tow a wagon on my grocery trips. Don't mind the fact that the nearest Walmart is a 14 mile trip since I can't take the highway on my 7 seat bicycle, that's not relevant. I just have to keep in mind that as my toddlers grow their pedals and seats need to be adjusted, but at least they should have more power to drive us up 15° grades as they grow. Thank goodness we will never have to leave our home in any case of emergency because our nearest hospital is only 10 miles away, well, make that 20 miles since we can't use the highway. At least we have the consolation of only getting 8' of snow each winter. Could be worse. Just gotta get my 4 year old to use his weight for traction. So long as we have public transport we should be just fine. All I have to do now is lobby my government for the infrastructure to create public transport. That should be easy. I mean it's one infrastructure, what could it cost? $10?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like you don't understand that other people's lives are different from your own.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i know everything there is to know about your life

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sick. Finally someone I don't have to share with.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

that's the point of a suburb isn't it? you never have to share anything

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh I thought you knew... I don't live in a suburb.

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