I completely agree with you OP and this applies to every location on earth. People have forgotten that we have not always had cars and people have free will and with enough effort you can most definitely live without a car, especially in the modern error with on demand everything. The excuses and what about-ism on this topic is really telling!
You’re just in this weird technically correct space that isn’t a useful position to hold… None of what modern society brings is necessary since humans lived long before, but if we’re gonna make the choice between owning a car and living in some uncontacted tribe somewhere that gets is nowhere…
The best I can tell, you seem to be adding more to my statement than I implied. I am not advocating for technological regression. I am simply stating that if someone thinks they NEED a car, they are mistaken. There a plenty of people living in every type of community, including middle America, that live just fine without cars. It’s a conscious decision that can be made with certain sacrifices and effort. People over state the idea that it’s somehow impossible or not their choice. Living with less convenience is still living, and I would say in many cases a benefit to ones health, both mental and physical.
In order to get rid of my car, I would have to quit my job, grow my own food, homeschool my kids, and pretty much only go outside of my homestead on special occasions.
Then I wouldn’t be able to afford my mortgage.
Our society isn’t conducive to that type of lifestyle.
For reference, I live on a ranch, the closest grocery store is a 30 minute drive, the closest neighbor is at least a mile. We have no public transport, no Uber or lyft service, no taxis, etc.
I love living out here though. I can see the milky way every night, I can camp and hike on my own property, I can enjoy nature in a way not many can. I don’t think I could give that up, if for nothing else, my mental health.
That’s a whole other kind of pollution, though. And to feed horses at a level that could replace modern transportation would likely negatively affect human food production. And where would these horses be housed? You’d also have to prepare for the rampant animal abuse that would ratchet up.
My dad lost his licence for 3 month and now he just sits at home and asks my sister when he needs grocheries. He’s acting like he’s crippled now. He literally lives next to a bus stop and the supermarket is across the steet fron the other bus stop. Arguably it’s closer than walking from the parking to the store.
I completely agree with you OP and this applies to every location on earth. People have forgotten that we have not always had cars and people have free will and with enough effort you can most definitely live without a car, especially in the modern error with on demand everything. The excuses and what about-ism on this topic is really telling!
You’re just in this weird technically correct space that isn’t a useful position to hold… None of what modern society brings is necessary since humans lived long before, but if we’re gonna make the choice between owning a car and living in some uncontacted tribe somewhere that gets is nowhere…
The best I can tell, you seem to be adding more to my statement than I implied. I am not advocating for technological regression. I am simply stating that if someone thinks they NEED a car, they are mistaken. There a plenty of people living in every type of community, including middle America, that live just fine without cars. It’s a conscious decision that can be made with certain sacrifices and effort. People over state the idea that it’s somehow impossible or not their choice. Living with less convenience is still living, and I would say in many cases a benefit to ones health, both mental and physical.
In order to get rid of my car, I would have to quit my job, grow my own food, homeschool my kids, and pretty much only go outside of my homestead on special occasions. Then I wouldn’t be able to afford my mortgage. Our society isn’t conducive to that type of lifestyle. For reference, I live on a ranch, the closest grocery store is a 30 minute drive, the closest neighbor is at least a mile. We have no public transport, no Uber or lyft service, no taxis, etc. I love living out here though. I can see the milky way every night, I can camp and hike on my own property, I can enjoy nature in a way not many can. I don’t think I could give that up, if for nothing else, my mental health.
That sounds like a nice life you’ve chosen for yourself and your family.
Not sure if you’re being sarcastic or not, but that does legitimately sound like a nice life they’ve made, good on them.
Not sarcastic at all. It is nice.
It’s about time for the horse and cart industry to make a comeback
That’s a whole other kind of pollution, though. And to feed horses at a level that could replace modern transportation would likely negatively affect human food production. And where would these horses be housed? You’d also have to prepare for the rampant animal abuse that would ratchet up.
My dad lost his licence for 3 month and now he just sits at home and asks my sister when he needs grocheries. He’s acting like he’s crippled now. He literally lives next to a bus stop and the supermarket is across the steet fron the other bus stop. Arguably it’s closer than walking from the parking to the store.