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what, and walk between the tram stops? what if a car ran you over!
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connect the trams with a new tram in all cases, obviously
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:it is, and i am not american I'm not sure if u knew this, but there is an event that occured in 2020, and is still happening now, that caused that number to go down actually can you guess what it was
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actionjackson posted:unfortunately American hates wagon because they aren't four ton SUVs, so the only brands that make them now are luxury ones (bmw, audi, mb, volvo). I have a 2011 audi wagon that I bought used 7.5 years ago. In those 7.5 years I've put on 20k miles lol. It's great for MN weather, but gently caress timing chains gently caress German timing chains you mean. My 97 Toyotas timing chain is fine!
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Sep 30, 2021 05:55
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I have four and can agree they are one of the worst things for the world. But also they go vroom and are fun to shift and drive and some of them can even climb over rocks which makes me feel like king caveman primate dude. I own eight bicycles though
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Sep 30, 2021 05:58
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frivolously overtransported
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continuously variable transmissions are basically magic e: oops didn’t realize there was another page
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Magically terrible, maybe.
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SKULL.GIF posted:I pay $5/month extra on my car payment specifically so I don't have to think about this poo poo. also because my Fit is a CVT and I am absolutely not going to waste like 4 years of my life on learning how to maintain that disaster of an engine. going to take my car into the shop next week for my fully covered tri-annual tune-up and continue enjoying 40 mpg You have no loving clue how a streetcar works
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It very much does work that way in cities with dense networks, though.
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Sep 30, 2021 10:28
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If you can't draw a schematic of a streetcar, you shouldn't ride on one
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LonsomeSon posted:connect the trams with a new tram in all cases, obviously Or you could always have little low-priced markets all over the place with actual edible food in them (think bodegas but useful). On weird things about the states, and car culture has to be part of it, is that convenience store just pretty much have junk food and booze in them. Also, American supermarkets are mostly nonsense and the actual food in them could be condensed into a place about 1/4th the size. Ardennes has issued a correction as of 12:27 on Sep 30, 2021 |
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Blockade posted:I'm not sure if u knew this, but there is an event that occured in 2020, and is still happening now, that caused that number to go down actually 2021 is not over yet but in 2020 the life expectancy for both men and women went up again in my country (probably because covid was a very small percentage of deaths that mostly killed old people) Milo and POTUS posted:If you can't draw a schematic of a streetcar, you shouldn't ride on one you're a passenger on a street car, not the pilot. i agree that most people should not be driving a car because they don't have the care or attention to operate it successfully in the long term, in the same way that any professional machine user should understand their machine well and how the risks affect bystanders this is basically what the thread is saying isn't it? you all hate cars and don't want to drive them so this is not contradictory. being afraid behind the wheel can be just as dangerous as being aggressive. ideally most people would never have to drive a car because it's a lot to ask of a regular person to just get around
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SKULL.GIF posted:I pay $5/month extra on my car payment specifically so I don't have to think about this poo poo. also because my Fit is a CVT and I am absolutely not going to waste like 4 years of my life on learning how to maintain that disaster of an engine. going to take my car into the shop next week for my fully covered tri-annual tune-up and continue enjoying 40 mpg i can take a streetcar to work, to the grocery, and home. it is more chill than you can possibly loving imagine. it is literally the greatest thing ever and there is no downside whatsoever. i love it so much.
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Ardennes posted:Also, American supermarkets are mostly nonsense and the actual food in them could be condensed into a place about 1/4th the size. that’s called a grocery store. “super” markets are supposed to have more than just food
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Ardennes posted:Or you could always have little low-priced markets all over the place with actual edible food in them (think bodegas but useful). i think that's more farm subsidy culture. gotta put all that processed corn and soybean "food" somewhere. of course it loops back to car culture since the people buying it are driving there with 15% or whatever ethanol in their gasoline.
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My grocery store has four different sections of salsa spread across the store. There might even be another. It's the most pointless kind of excess, and I enjoy shopping at the little corner Asian grocer much more.
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Here in my Truck I feel safest of all I can squish all the kids It's the only way to live E; vvv I said I'd pay for it to be animated, though I am very fond of WolfBike Car Hater has issued a correction as of 13:58 on Sep 30, 2021 |
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:
all you so called "bike lovers" gonna just let this av slip by like this? smh
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:all you so called "bike lovers" gonna just let this av slip by like this? smh thats drop bar posture. I use flats on my 100km+ trips because I am a madman
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indigi posted:that’s called a grocery store. “super” markets are supposed to have more than just food That is the point, what could be accomplished by a super market could be done with a much smaller store if you took out most of the garbage. A store that is about 2-3 times a 7-11 is enough. IAMKOREA posted:i think that's more farm subsidy culture. gotta put all that processed corn and soybean "food" somewhere. of course it loops back to car culture since the people buying it are driving there with 15% or whatever ethanol in their gasoline. It’s car culture, cars allow you access to cheap land that you then turn into big boxes with huge parking lots. Farm subsidies just mean what you are eating is just a bunch of corn syrup and filler. Also, American food really tastes like nothing. It slaps you in the face when you leave the US but our food just doesn’t really taste like much and you need garlic, fat, sugar and salt because otherwise it is unpalatable. Our standard of living actually really isn’t that great when you get down to it.
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Ardennes posted:Or you could always have little low-priced markets all over the place with actual edible food in them (think bodegas but useful). I think I see a viable middle ground: build all shops into extra-large trams
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streetcars are pathetic and all trains should operate either subterranean or elevated so no at grade crossings are possible also the train tracks should have bike lanes adjacent to them so people can ride without dealing with stop signs or stoplights. just use on/offramps
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Sep 30, 2021 15:31
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if you do that how are people going to be able to buy food and goods, they’re all on the trams now
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Their dogs can carry it
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LonsomeSon posted:if you do that how are people going to be able to buy food and goods, they’re all on the trams now Grocery shopping in America is such a pain. People buy in bulk because they're overworked with no time and because every grocery trip is an across-town ordeal. Stopping by the corner store to pick up a few things is bliss and much easier to do on transit than our typical once-weekly Costco trips.
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Fitzy Fitz posted:Grocery shopping in America is such a pain. People buy in bulk because they're overworked with no time and because every grocery trip is an across-town ordeal. Stopping by the corner store to pick up a few things is bliss and much easier to do on transit than our typical once-weekly Costco trips. no you don’t understand, I’ve already eliminated Costco and put all shops onto large trams, which are moving on routes that connect other tram lines it’s too late to stop progress
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Fitzy Fitz posted:Grocery shopping in America is such a pain. People buy in bulk because they're overworked with no time and because every grocery trip is an across-town ordeal. Stopping by the corner store to pick up a few things is bliss and much easier to do on transit than our typical once-weekly Costco trips. In college I lived a block away from a grocery and would just stop there on the way home from class. I had virtually no food waste these days because I'd just cook and eat whatever I got same-day Today I have to drive 4 miles to the nearest grocery which is gigantic and takes roughly 45 minutes for a full trip through it. 15-20 if you're really hustling and know exactly what you're grabbing and ignore everything else. It sucks
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Sep 30, 2021 16:32
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I have two grocery stores both 0.8 miles away, so I can just put everything in my backpack, unless I'm getting a ton of stuff
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Fitzy Fitz posted:Grocery shopping in America is such a pain. People buy in bulk because they're overworked with no time and because every grocery trip is an across-town ordeal. Stopping by the corner store to pick up a few things is bliss and much easier to do on transit than our typical once-weekly Costco trips. my coworkers genuinely like Costco and going to Costco. it's insane
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Sep 30, 2021 18:10
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Costco owns for stuff like toilet paper, soap, laundry detergent, stuff like that
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Sep 30, 2021 18:14
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mistermojo posted:my coworkers genuinely like Costco and going to Costco. it's insane We're "finally" getting a Costco here, and people are loving pumped. The city rolled out the announcement like they'd discovered buried treasure. Of course the city's also giving them massive tax breaks and free infrastructure, but COSTCO.
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Fitzy Fitz posted:We're "finally" getting a Costco here, and people are loving pumped. The city rolled out the announcement like they'd discovered buried treasure. Of course the city's also giving them massive tax breaks and free infrastructure, but COSTCO. A cousin of mine took me to a Costco once, and I felt a wierd kind of dread the whole time. I generally try to shop local and avoid supermarkets when I can. Costco was just insane. I will admit that if I had a family I would privacy appreciate it though.
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god I loving hate Costco. the weird mix of barebones warehouse and Apple / jewelry store makes it this strange collision of Puritan frugality and consumer excess.
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My Alderman, who I have decided is cool and good for a politician, has been waging a war on cars and has removed lanes from a number of roads. Motorists are mad but I am a fan Doesnt go nearly far enough oc
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