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minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down3·3 months agoIt’s not that simple. Many places on the planet do not have a high enough population density to make subways viable. I love trains. I take trains when possible. But your take is overly simplistic.
minus-squarebuzz86us@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoYet in the early 1900s there was enough population for an extensive network of trolleys… With 2 billion people on the entire planet. Now were headed back to trolleys with extra steps
minus-squareparpol@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down15·3 months agoObviously people who absolutely need cars have no choice, but for most of the population, however, take the subway.
minus-squaresmoothbrain coldtakes@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·3 months agoI think you underestimate how shitty public transit is outside of like maybe six or seven major metros across all of North America. You compare needing cars to using the subways as if I have a choice. Most of us literally don’t.
minus-squareparpol@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down12·3 months agoWell, the US is the US. You don’t have socialized anything.
minus-squaresmoothbrain coldtakes@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 months agoPlease note I am from Lemmy.ca and I can tell you the exact same thing about Canada. Don’t be elitist if you’re going to be ignorant.
minus-squareparpol@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·3 months agoI assumed Canadians are allowed to move to and live in the US. Shitting on all countries but your own is elitist. Shitting on one country (especially when it is justified) is not.
It’s not that simple. Many places on the planet do not have a high enough population density to make subways viable.
I love trains. I take trains when possible. But your take is overly simplistic.
Yet in the early 1900s there was enough population for an extensive network of trolleys… With 2 billion people on the entire planet. Now were headed back to trolleys with extra steps
Obviously people who absolutely need cars have no choice, but for most of the population, however, take the subway.
I think you underestimate how shitty public transit is outside of like maybe six or seven major metros across all of North America.
You compare needing cars to using the subways as if I have a choice. Most of us literally don’t.
Well, the US is the US. You don’t have socialized anything.
Please note I am from Lemmy.ca and I can tell you the exact same thing about Canada.
Don’t be elitist if you’re going to be ignorant.
I assumed Canadians are allowed to move to and live in the US.
Shitting on all countries but your own is elitist.
Shitting on one country (especially when it is justified) is not.