Fuck Cars
A place to discuss problems of car centric infrastructure or how it hurts us all. Let's explore the bad world of Cars!
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1. Be Civil
You may not agree on ideas, but please do not be needlessly rude or insulting to other people in this community.
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This community is about cars, their externalities in society, car-dependency, and solutions to these.
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It is freedom. Freedom to go where you went, when you want. Freedom to explore, freedom to experience things you couldn't otherwise.
I buy all of my cars outright, but have never been forced. Owning cars, driving cars, working on cars, and selling cars are all joys to be had.
If you don't like driving, then don't. Take a bus, a train, or bike. But just because you cannot afford it, or because driving is scary for you, don't presume that the majority is going to agree.
It's freedom to go where you want so long as you
persoally, I think being able to walk or bike somewhere is more free. Public transit that's just always there, running every couple minutes, is also good.
As to "take a bus", part of the problem, and part of why communities like "fuck cars" gain traction, is that most places are car-first, and thus taking a bus isn't a viable option. These modes of transit aren't equal. Where my parents live in the suburbs it would be a long dangerous walk to a bus stop, and then the buses don't run often, or go many places.
People aren't mad at cars out of spite. They're mad because car-first culture is bad ecologically, socially, and economically.