Many Americans Are Open to Car-Free Living — Human Transit
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Is Americans a “car culture” or are they “car dependent”?  Do they drive because they love driving, or are they in an unhealthy relationship with a substance it would be happy to do without?  Obviously there are plenty of Americans who do love their cars, but here’s more evidence that there are fewer of them […]

We find that nearly one fifth of urban and suburban US car owners express a definite interest in living car-free (18 %), and an additional 40 % are open to the idea. This is in addition to the small share (10 %) of urban and suburban US residents currently living without a car.

  • Goldholz @lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I met one that once argued that “cars are important! They create jobs and the money you are forced to spend on them makes money go round!” He was not joking around. He was dead seriouse