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>All American transit infrastructure (with a couple exceptions like NYC) is designed around cars
>90%+ of Americans cannot work, get food, go shopping, go to the gym, visit friends or family, or do really anything with a car
>You cannot afford to own a car without working, working requires a car, repeat infinitely
>Getting anywhere requires you spend time in a car, often on slow-moving congested roads, filled with other caged wagies
>The more car infrastructure is built (road/highway widening), the worse traffic gets
>The more time you spend in a car the less money you have left over to do anything, the more you need to work
>The more time you spend in a car the less time you have to cook healthy meals, the more you have to rely on drive-thru's to eat
>The more time you spend in a car the more sendentary you become, this causes obesity and limits your non-car mobility. Many Americans could not walk or bike to a local store if they wanted to
>The more obese and unhealthy you get, the more you rely on your health insurance to stave off death. In America this is mostly provided by your employer, so you better not be a ragie wagie or your health insurance is gone
>Now that gas prices have gone up a little bit (they are not even at historic highs), most Americans are on the brink of homelessness because they can't afford to drive
>Despite all of this, Americans will reply in this thread about how building high quality regular public transit like the rest of the developed world is a waste of money because it gets in the way of cars.
>Despite all of this, Americans will reply in this thread about how not owning a car makes you a slave to the government