Uranium3006

how much do you think one of those costs in 2023? I'll give you a hint, it's not $500 OBO anymore

where do used cars come from? storks? no, from new cars. if 80% of Americans can't afford a new car what do you think that's gonna do to the used car market?

the car industry is digging itself a grave

A car doesn’t need working heat

yes it does, for safety reasons. I've been in scary situations with windshield fog before, I won't drive a car without a working heater

the originals had terrible range right out the gate and have only gotten worse. practical electric cars aren't common on the used market since most of them are still with their first owners

This is doubly so when you’ve started having children.

we need alternatives to driving otherwise people won't be able to have kids

the rise of ebikes is the likely solution. young people especially are going to go without cars for longer and use an ebike or escooter. expect to see more on the roads, and more of them getting ran over by lifted trucks. this will likely lead to more protected bike lanes going in since getting rid of the micromobility is impossible and they have to go somewhere and the people who use them won't be able to afford a car

bro, capitalism is going to cram you into a pod no matter what we do with urban planning, because rich people control more and more of all the wealth and thus land. if anything breaking car dependence would make pods less likely because you could build real apartments in more places

city cores and select transit corridors are going to be where the nice stuff's built, but there are going to be pockets of car hell for decades. these places will probably start losing value and the farthest out ones will start disappearing to abandonment

not really. it's a choice that's remade every year. we can fix it, and people are trying.

it reads 5/0 up/down on my end.

it's been fun. I've been working on the conversion since late last month. my work schedule sucks so I don't have that much time to spend on it day-to-day. a lot of the time's also spend working, finding out I need a part/tool I don't have, waiting for delivery, getting another because this one I got is the wrong size, etc. which introduces tedium. if I'm lucky it'll be complete soon.

We need protected bike lanes everywhere