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submitted 10 months ago by Addition@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Here's a couple examples from my life:

  1. Safety Razor. I get a better shave and it's like $15 for 100 razor blades, which lasts me a couple years. Way way way better than the disposable multi-blade Gillette things, which sell 5 heads for $20.

  2. Handkerchiefs. I am prone to allergies, so instead of constantly buying disposable tissues, we now have a stack of handkerchiefs that can just be used a few times and then thrown in the wash. This has also saved me loads.

What about you?

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[-] Nemo@midwest.social -1 points 10 months ago

Cheapest city with decent pubtrans is almost certainly Chicago, where you can still buy a SFH for under 200K pretty easily.

The weasel words in your reply are "comparable to the one I live in". Of course dense areas have the best transit, and if course homes and especially lot sizes are smaller in dense areas, and prohibitively expensive at the scale of lots you see in less urbanized areas. It's ridiculous to compare.

The fact is, the large homes far away from city centers are heavily subsidized by the convenience of personal automotives. If we're going to unravel car dependency or even the current high level of car incentivization we currently experience, the true cost of that lifestyle will be shown to be much higher.

this post was submitted on 25 Dec 2023
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