Sounds awful, sorry you had to go through that

Theres probably a bunch more reasons than just transportion culture wars that the us is turning fascist, i would imagine, but yeah that was what i was getting at. Very aware that many places in America only are build for cars.

Which is a damn shame. You shouldnt have yo be forced like that. But u know, money and power, big Industry lobbyism and decades of fearmongering about market regulations and public services, thatl get you a situation like that.

Wasnt trying to be snarky or anything fyi, clarifying because im quite over thinking too much about tone, downside being people sormtime misunderstand my vibes. ✌️

I've been under the impression that "fuckcars" has always been more about "fuck this system that we have developed that makes cars a necessity" and not about " fuck you for driving a car." It has always seemed more like anger at the system than at individuals to me.

in the Appalachian foothils.

Think part of the 'fuck cars' problem is the messaging lacks nuance. For example, the problems nearly do not exist in your scenario. Their problems are mainly around big city centers, and perhaps transit between those big cities. Appalachian foothills hardly have enough traffic or land usage to trigger the usual complaints.

Conversely, mass transit is a particularly terrible idea for Appalachia. Rural contexts in general make mass transit a challenge, but those slopes mean you pretty much have to have roads way too curvy for any bus, let alone getting rail going.

In short, a hellscape of traffic lights and crosswalks with no where to build because you have to split it with cars, I get the 'fuck cars' sentiment, but rural and esspecially mountainous areas, well cars are about the only reasonable answer.

But how else would they feel superior to everyone else?