boem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoSingapore: Right to own a car starts at $76,000. And that doesn’t include the caredition.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1347arrow-down16
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minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIt is the American car mentality. Cars are so ingrained in their society, they can’t even fathom anything else. I know plenty who do not even have a driver license in Belgium. They get around by bike and public transport just fine. Hell I have a car and I get around most of the time without it.
minus-squareBlackrook7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoWell, considering my work area is like seven times larger than all of Belgium, no, i cannot fathom life without a car.
It is the American car mentality.
Cars are so ingrained in their society, they can’t even fathom anything else.
I know plenty who do not even have a driver license in Belgium. They get around by bike and public transport just fine.
Hell I have a car and I get around most of the time without it.
Well, considering my work area is like seven times larger than all of Belgium, no, i cannot fathom life without a car.