Sticker shock: Car prices top $50K for first time in US, Kelley Blue Book says

[hunter]

28. We really ought to be rebuilding our cities...

... turning them into attractive affordable places where car ownership is unnecessary.

With a human population of over 8 billion this planet cannot support a car for every adult. It's not just the cars themselves but the infrastructure required to support them.

It's unfortunate that in most of the U.S.A. you are literally forced to own a car. If you don't own a car you are not considered a fully functional adult.

I bought a new car once, about forty years ago, because I'd been taught since birth that's what successful people did. I've never bought a new car since and I never will. I'm a pretty good mechanic, I've got my own tools, and I don't buy cars as any kind of status symbol.

I think my favorite car was a Toyota Corolla I bought for $900 and put a few hundred dollars more into for repair parts. Sadly it was totaled while parked in my driveway by a distracted driver.

I'm still sad...