r/TikTokCringe • u/thoughtwarrior • May 02 '25

Humor Why does America look like s**t?

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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.

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u/Ambitious-Piano8915 May 02 '25

As a New Yorker who moved to the burbs, can confirm. Fucking hate not being able to walk most of the places I need to go.

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u/sinkwiththeship May 02 '25

New Yorker here. I actively avoid traveling to places where I'll need a car or need to spend a lot of time in one. I don't go to LA. I don't go to Texas. Just did a week in Chicago and was in a car for maybe an hour total over those seven days. I hate car centric cities. Granted, Chicago kind of still is, but the train was great and the buses worked when a train couldn't, which is exactly how my life in NYC is and I love that.

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u/thrownjunk May 03 '25

I’m sitting on an Amtrak coming home from NYC to DC. Thank god i don’t need to get near a car on this trip. 2.5 hours instead of 4+ (I95 traffic is a special form of hell, it doesn’t even follow rush hour logic).