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42. Very interesting! Thanks for sharing this, lapfog_1.

Sun Mar 3, 2019, 01:50 PM

Mar 2019

War, starvation, crime and birth control have been eliminated. Life is now totally fulfilled and sustained within Urban Monads (Urbmons), mammoth thousand-floor skyscrapers arranged in "constellations", where the shadow of one building does not fall upon another. An Urbmon is divided into 25 self-contained "cities" of 40 floors each, in ascending order of status, with administrators occupying the highest level. Each building can hold approximately 800,000 people, with excess population totalling three billion a year transferred to new Urbmons, which are continually under construction.

Looks like a really good read. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Inside

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Carpocalypse now: Lyft's founders are right -- we're in the endgame for cars [View all] littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 OP

That may be true in big metropolitan cities Ferrets are Cool Mar 2019 #1

Agree SharonClark Mar 2019 #2

It will never be true in Texas. I drove from Houston airport yesterday evening efhmc Mar 2019 #3

What if the vehicle showed up when you needed it and went away when you didn't? Voltaire2 Mar 2019 #59

Those 3 trips would have cost a couple hundred dollars w Lyft. Personal car cost was a fraction Arazi Mar 2019 #62

So imagine Lyft doesn't have driver costs anymore. Voltaire2 Mar 2019 #66

Maybe but we can't even get internet to these places now Arazi Mar 2019 #82

Excellent point. This is an issue that hasn't been dealt with, full of empty promises littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #88

As noted this only applies to the 80% Voltaire2 Mar 2019 #92

Talking to my daughter in Austin yesterday and we agree that this concept is great for the inner efhmc Mar 2019 #95

Nor in Wyoming, eastern Oregon, northeastern California RichardRay Mar 2019 #68

Exactly. There are too many areas of the country that are still very far efhmc Mar 2019 #96

The end of car ownership will go hand in hand with the redesign of cities and work marylandblue Mar 2019 #4

If this happens, it won't be because of Lyft. kcr Mar 2019 #8

Urbmon lapfog_1 Mar 2019 #35

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing this, lapfog_1. littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #42

One of my favorite books! n/t Liberal In Texas Mar 2019 #57

Just what I was going to say Bettie Mar 2019 #5

It's already true in my little town. littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #10

You post is so sad in THIS America. nt Ferrets are Cool Mar 2019 #18

It is sad. Women are always holding the short end of the stick if they littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #21

My wife's daughter is Ferrets are Cool Mar 2019 #22

It really doesn't. I understand. More people are just barely making it and littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #24

Exactly. Adrahil Mar 2019 #81

So it's car owners, not the clogging infestation of Lyft and Uber drivers, who are the problem? NBachers Mar 2019 #6

Wow. That's what you got out of the OP and the discussion of it? Again, wow. DontBooVote Mar 2019 #40

This is a wild thread/OP. littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #43

The drivers are going to disappear too. Voltaire2 Mar 2019 #60

Then they jack up the prices lame54 Mar 2019 #7

Yep. That too. nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #45

Bingo! n/t Devil Child Mar 2019 #64

If it was just me exboyfil Mar 2019 #9

There are lots of horses around today. safeinOhio Mar 2019 #11

Funny you should mention that. littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #12

They should have to pick up after their horse like I pick up after my dog. CrispyQ Mar 2019 #20

She cleans up just as much crap littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #23

I live in a metro area, with paved streets & sidewalks. CrispyQ Mar 2019 #25

I understand. That's totally inappropriate. littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #26

No, but we have cops on bicycles. CrispyQ Mar 2019 #27

That's cool. We only have four traffic lights so either littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #34

I live near one of those stupid high-speed highways that has traffic lights every mile. CrispyQ Mar 2019 #52

Sounds like s/he had a right to be scared. Sounds extremely dangerous. nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #89

This message was self-deleted by its author MineralMan Mar 2019 #56

Around 20 million horses for about 100 million people - 1915 Voltaire2 Mar 2019 #71

combined with more locally sourced goods (i.e. less need for shipping things like produce, etc.) anarch Mar 2019 #13

I'm ready for robots. littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #46

If only someone would invent high speed rail... littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #14

You don't fully appreciate the freedom of having a car until you spend a few days without it. Midwestern Democrat Mar 2019 #15

There's nothing like the feeling of the wind in your hair. nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #16

Rush - Red Barchetta exboyfil Mar 2019 #30

Excellent. littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #39

Your welcome exboyfil Mar 2019 #41

Cool! Awesome share! littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #48

The "freedom" of cars an illusion. hunter Mar 2019 #55

I may actually go car-less soon SoCalDem Mar 2019 #65

Well! You certainly told us! Adrahil Mar 2019 #83

My wife and I were Los Angeles commuters when we met. hunter Mar 2019 #93

You're blaming cars for rape? Lighten up, man. Mr. Smith Mar 2019 #86

I once exited a relationship that had become non-consensual by jumping out of a moving car. hunter Mar 2019 #94

Three seniors in my house. We gave up one of three cars because of Lyft. 3Hotdogs Mar 2019 #17

Gonna be a hell of a fight from Big Oil, car makers, ancillary services dixiegrrrrl Mar 2019 #19

I'm shopping for my electric car now. littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #31

The big car makers are seeing it as an opportunity. Voltaire2 Mar 2019 #67

Stagnant wages, more than car ownership, has burdened consumers. muntrv Mar 2019 #28

Excellent point. nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #49

Are they thinking snowybirdie Mar 2019 #29

That's what it made me think, snowybirdie. littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #90

In cities maybe D_Master81 Mar 2019 #32

My friends who use Uber trev Mar 2019 #38

I use Uber when I travel. Adrahil Mar 2019 #84

We already have "transportation as a service." It's called public transportation. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2019 #33

So what wil the Lyft drivers drive? trev Mar 2019 #36

Math doesn't work for me. aikoaiko Mar 2019 #37

I don't trust Lyft drivers or... Lucid Dreamer Mar 2019 #44

Agreed Sherman A1 Mar 2019 #63

If you can't afford an inexpensive car PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #47

Thank you for the analysis. I appreciate it. littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #51

most travelling fits within electric vehicle range Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2019 #50

EV is still a car. NutmegYankee Mar 2019 #78

lyft indulges in wishful thinking Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2019 #79

LA enid602 Mar 2019 #53

they are full of themselves. Not all of america lives in huge metro areas...simple error in beachbum bob Mar 2019 #54

Great points. littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #58

But will that always be the case going forward? Yavin4 Mar 2019 #61

80% of the population lives in urban areas. Voltaire2 Mar 2019 #69

And not all metro areas have good public transportation TexasBushwhacker Mar 2019 #75

"We are not New York City or LA" gyroscope Mar 2019 #85

Still a lot of cars in Europe. moondust Mar 2019 #70

True...however... Xolodno Mar 2019 #73

Lots and lots of bikes, too. moondust Mar 2019 #74

Kick Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2019 #72

It won't kill off cars, but could for seniors, and reduce cars in multi-driver households. TheBlackAdder Mar 2019 #76

It would have to cost less than $10 for a trip Eko Mar 2019 #77

The future is driverless pods. Most summoned by apps. Some privately owned. CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #80

not true in Los angeles / southern Cali Demovictory9 Mar 2019 #87

What a fun and interesting thread this turned out to be! littlemissmartypants Mar 2019 #91