• timochka@lemmy.zip
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    5 days ago

    I’m in my 50s (weep), have visited* 60 countries, and lived in 4 of them - and have never driven a car, much less owned one, since the day I passed my test.

    People don’t rent a hire car because they need to, they do it because it’s their programmed default.

    .* visited == spent at least one night in, not including airports

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      3 hours ago

      I bet you’re American. I know you have terminal car brain. It’s a great shame, over here public transit has always been so good that I genuinely never felt the need to get a car. I save so much money, save on the environment, don’t have to breathe carcinogenic exhaust fumes in traffic and in garages on my commute, can spend the time working or watching shit on my phone…

      It should be a no brainer but I know the US has been going through a rough patch for… checks watch… a few centuries.

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        3 hours ago

        So because I’ve never owned or driven a car you… Bet I’m American?

        You sure about that champ?