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[CrispyQ]

30. I hate car culture.

I worked for a company that bought bus passes for their employees. They were centrally located & you could get there by bus pretty easily. I LOVED IT!! I could catch the bus three blocks from my house & get dropped off in front of work. If I had to work a weird shift I'd have to drive to the main bus center a mile away & then catch the bus into town.

When you ride the same route & at the same time you get to know your fellow travelers & it's like a little community. When someone misses a day you ask them where they were the next day. You find out whose kids are getting awards, who's about to be a grandparent. It's cool & IMO better than dealing with traffic. Of course, public transit isn't convenient enough for most people since big auto, along with oil & gas, made sure that we as a nation didn't invest in it.

We've given up a shit ton for convenience & we were easily convinced to do it.