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Look at all these people stuck in their metal boxes (cdn.imgchest.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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[–] -2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

All well and good if you can afford to live in a city. Commuted by bike for a decade. Commuted by train+bike for a few years. I honestly never wanna get on a bike again. Maybe a train if it’s fast.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I started commuting by bike. I've never enjoyed commuting more.

    Not all cities are expensive, and they usually offer higher wages to compensate.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    "afford to live in a city" is such a violently american sentence it just gave me heartburn

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Not sure what you want me to do about that. Most cities are overpriced because of corpo-controlled properties and greedy private landlords. Biking as commute option is only viable if you live in a large urban area.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    There are less obvious costs to living outside a city, especially if the city has transit. All the car costs, for one relevant example. The health loss from walking less. The isolation takes a toll. The shallower social pool. Fewer cultural options.

    Also it's not like apartments are dirt cheap in the suburbs outside NYC. I could pay $2000/mo for a nice apartment in Plainsfield, NJ... or I could pay a similar amount, not have a car, and live someplace where stuff happens.

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