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submitted 8 months ago by Yuritopiaposadism@hexbear.net to c/urbanism@hexbear.net

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[-] TheSpectreOfGay@hexbear.net 70 points 8 months ago

ah yes, the economically efficient method of requiring every person to own an expensive and huge steel death machine, then having them all drive to the same location separately

[-] anonochronomus@hexbear.net 30 points 8 months ago

Yeah, but have you considered freedom?

[-] TheSpectreOfGay@hexbear.net 17 points 8 months ago

feeling so free having to constantly worry that my death machine is okay also remember where i put it also if i or anyone else around me ever fucks up ill be either dead or in debt also-

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 12 points 8 months ago

Also paving roads, asphalting them, maintaining them. Gas stations at frequent intervals. Parking. Traffic enforcement.
Do these people think the ground just does that? Like roads are just there?

[-] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago

Literally yes, we had a guy on here like a month ago that was arguing that there was no way for us to actually make trains because there is was no way to get the land for it. They think the highways just appeared out of no where and aren't a recent invention a little less than a century old.

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago

The funny thing is even if with the burden of cost shoved onto individuals roads are still just insanely expensive for transport and as such everybody has both the cost of infrastructure filtered through taxes AND the direct costs of owning a vehicle