WhatsHerBucket4d ago

Meanwhile in California

https://lemmy.world/post/45122352

Show threadHaquer

I love all the comments stating “oh that’s still cheap.”

Lil bro, I probably drive more in a month just for the menial shit I need to do than you do in a year, and I work from home.

We don’t even fucking have sidewalks where I live.

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Show threadThorry4d ago
They said, sobbing
Show threadSchwertImStein4d ago
there is literally one
Show threadAkasazh4d ago
Swap the F150 for a prius
Show threadCaptain Aggravated4d ago
It’s not impossible. I had a 1.5 hour one-way commute to work at one point.
Show threadTruscape4d ago
It depends on the area, but it’s not uncommon to drive more than 30 or 40 miles a day for a work commute in California (especially if you’re trying to live in a cheaper area away from where the jobs are located).
Show threadHaquer4d ago

I don’t drive one of the giant brotrucks that I see daily, those guys are absolutely fucked. Gas is $4 where I am, but I expect it over $5 by the time summer hits and those assholes with their 8mpg highway are going to be hurting

I drive like… 200 miles every 2 weeks or so in total? I fill up once a month and at current prices that’s about $60 for my car

Show threadZombieChicken4d ago
Some people do.
Show threadHuudaHarkiten4d ago

Good news is, once enough of you cant afford the fuel anymore, you can easily convert one of the 8 lanes into a sidewalk.

Or even… gasp a cycle path. dun dun dunnnn

Show threadHaquer4d ago
God I wish.
Show threadHoopyFrood3d ago
It really doesn’t seem that far fetched. Though, we would have to collectively get more involved in city council/planning meetings
Show threadshawn11224d ago
For some reason this comment reminded me of that Cuban dude that retrofitted his car to run on coal because of American sanctions. What a world we live in.
Show threadSkunkWorkz4d ago

Bro I live in the Netherlands one of the densest countries in the world, with great pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure and good public transportation. The average work commute here is still 40km per day that’s 200km a week so 120 miles per week. And the majority of people use the car to commute. Gas is €2.34/L and Diesel is €2.58/L that’s €8.84/gallon or $10.2/gallon for petrol and €9.57/gallon or $11/gallon

So people all over the world are screwed even if they travel less. And even if you don’t use a car guess what will happen to food prices when diesel is as expensive as it is now.

Show threadAsfalttikyntaja4d ago
So… what are you going to do about it?
Show threadHolytimes4d ago

Likely nothing because there’s 100+ years of laws and momentum preventing any meaningful change.

Not to mention the cost and time required to make change is something that is no longer feesable in many instances as things stand. Making change even if you were to get everyone to agree not possible.

We can make things better going forward but in many cases we can’t actually fix the existing problem with out displacing people and businesses. Damaging already struggling local economies and creating a larger homeless problem.

City planning is a brutal issue that frequently doesn’t lend it self well to going back and fixing problems. The best in many cases is to stop fucking up in the first place on new construction. And band aid fix old.

Show threadPagPag4d ago
Waves and waves of debt fueled expansion and gentrification; from the center outward.