Ericka SimoneI don’t want self driving cars. I want public transportation so solid that you don’t even need to hop in a car unless it’s a taxi situation. I want infrastructure.
Jake in the desert@ErickaSimone absolutely. The problems happen in places like Arizona (or maybe most places) where it's too expensive to live in the city (I'd personally LOVE to live in downtown Phoenix) but people have to live further out, 30, 40 minutes, an hour or more & then commute with jammed roadways. It's nuts. The drive, cars, it's all awful. And then you have companies so against wfh. My wife has to drive over an hour every day to work in downtown Phoenix from where we live. I always think about all the pollution from all the cars, sometimes it's like LA. We get LA smog drifting over too. I'd love an electric car but they're beyond unaffordable for most people.
@jake4480 that’s been the problem in LA too. Accessible parts of the city are gentrifying quickly, and then you have to live further out with no train options and 5 dollar gas. It’s wild out here.
@ErickaSimone oh wow I can only imagine. Only a few hours west! That traffic gridlock I see over there- wow. Sometimes it must be better to live in the city to save on car costs. All the awful repairs, insurance, lease or loan payments- I lived in Brooklyn briefly and LOVED the subway and not having a car. Not a fan of cars. The only thing I disliked was groceries 🤣 But yeah - super rural now. Just like growing up. Sigh. Not a big fan of the rural either except saving money. Tradeoffs though, right? 🙄