• Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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    11 months ago

    Because to them being able to drive 4 hours one way in a day is somehow more “liberating” than taking a train. Even going the same distance, they for some reason think its better to drain multiple tanks of gas (at $4.50 a gallon where I am) to go that distance than to purchase a $20 dollar train ticket and do the same distance while being able to read, play games, whatever.

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        11 months ago

        I have midwest friends who have admitted this, that they don’t like sharing a space. This is generally just a problem with rural people, they shut themselves out from the general public for so long that they get fearful of anyone outside of their social norms.

        Which of course I say “Get tougher and deal with it”, your fear of other people shouldn’t drive society. (But that’s human history - aint it)

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          11 months ago

          Not as a “well actually” but just a different example: I regularly see Mennonites on Amtrak, which is maybe out of necessity, but their norms are very different from the diverse people on the train. I don’t like sharing space on the road. I’m generally a calm pacifist until I’m around other drivers

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      11 months ago

      Hey bud, almost no one thinks that. Idk where the hell you are pulling that info from but most people would love to not have to own cars and pay so much of their income on it. Also how much do you think train tickets cost in the usa cuz its not 20 fucking bucks. It can be several hundred dollars like just as much as plane tickets depending on where you are and where you are going.

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        11 months ago

        I actually was agreeing with you? Maybe I worded it wrong? I’m in the PNW and coach from Portland to Seattle is about 20ish, probably more like 30, and it’s 4 hours away, so that’s my example