Comment on Anon travels overseas

radix@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I fucking promise you we don’t prefer to drive, it’s the only option we have. Our government fucked us

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  • SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Facts. One time we were talking about how cool it would be to live really close to a mall as a kid.

    Then we realized that our local mall has no pedestrian crossings or even sidewalks, so you’d still have to get adults to drive you even if you were across the street.

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  • arrow74@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Having recently moved to Europe, I occasionally miss the convenience of driving but overall it’s so much better.

    Just getting to chill on my commute and not have to worry about traffic is so nice.

    When it’s very cold or rainy it would be nice to drive to the store. I do miss being able to buy a week+ worth of groceries and loading up the trunk

    Overall this is still way better.

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    • LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I mean, you are allowed to own a car in Europe, just saying.

      Of course, if you live in a dense city with barely any parking spots and roads that are impossible to drive through on work days, practicality may be limited.

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      • arrow74@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I mean obviously.

        I’m only here for school so I won’t be going through the expense or licensing to get a car

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  • Fawkes@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I mean, yes that’s absolutely true, but many Americans really do prefer to drive even short distances. When I lived in North Carolina people regularly drove to the other side of the parking lot to eat, shop at different stores, meet up with friends, etc. I asked several people why they didn’t walk, and every single one said they hated walking and would drive or re-park if it was further than a few seconds walk.

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  • saimen@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But…you are (supposed to be) a democracy. So you fucked yourself for 100 years?

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    • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Special interest groups with lots of money fucked us, unfortunately.

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• StaticFalconar@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Walling that mile ain’t going to negate that much unhealthy food.

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  • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Nah, every american I’ve known who left America either immediately lost weight, or maintained despite eating 10x more and less healthy food.

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