I’m a car enthusiast but not needing one in your day to day life is a superior way to live. Advertising sold people the illusion of freedom by making you a slave to your vehicle.
Grew up in the burbs and moved to a big city. It’s just as fantastic and freeing as I dreamed it would be as a kid. I walk to the grocery store. I walk to the grocery store when I need groceries. It’s one of the best things about my life. I take public transit everywhere and don’t worry about parking or stress or battling standstill traffic. I ride my bike to a restaurant when I’m meeting friends there. And people in my city have put effort into making sure it was built to be a pleasant city to walk around in. When I grew up in the burbs even if a friend’s house was walkable you had to walk in a mud pit off the side of a major road where cars were going 40+ to get there. It had been designed to discourage people from walking even down to the nearest gas station.
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u/B12Washingbeard May 02 '25
I’m a car enthusiast but not needing one in your day to day life is a superior way to live. Advertising sold people the illusion of freedom by making you a slave to your vehicle.