Yes. There even used to be a robust public transportation infrastructure here where I live in South Dakota, long ago before everything became so car-centric. Buses and trains. I used to ride the bus to Minnesota to work in the fields. Get off my lawn!

Don't believe the people who say we can't sustain it. That's their carbrain talking. It's been done before. We just need to prioritize it.

[–] Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (8 children)

Well no. I live rural. So rural we don't have pedestrian walkways or anything.

I'm not anti public transportation. I'm pro pro pro. However trains don't help rural. Rural get shafted on most things. No broadband no sewage no bin pick up. You have to drive.

I fucking hate driving. I would happily sit on any number of vehicles. It's just not feasible unfortunately.

The country I currently reside in has no trains. Relies on planes which is beyond infuriating

[–] shani66@lemmy.comfysnug.space 3 points 10 months ago

Honestly, the government should reclaim the land you live on, for good money and after building better population centers of course. Not that people couldn't move back after some amount of time had passed, but i doubt most would if they felt what it was like to live in an actual civilized society for once and being that rural should be a major outlier.

I live rural too, so I'd know how poorly that'd go over with the hicks, but i do genuinely think a restructure of society like that is necessary.

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