Environment & Energy

hunter

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7. My kids and their peers are pretty indifferent to cars too.

Sun Jun 30, 2013, 04:22 PM

Jun 2013

I think the biggest issue is that cars are so expensive now.

When I was their age I was paid enough that gasoline wasn't a huge expense. What's sixty-something cents a gallon when you are making $8-10 an hour for entirely physical labor? Nothing. I was loading and unloading trucks. Gas was almost free. A couple hours work would get me from Los Angeles to San Francisco and back on any three day weekend.

The jobs I picked up as a young man pay little more these days, still $8-10 an hour, but look at the cost of owning and driving a car...

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The End of Car Culture [View all] wtmusic Jun 2013 OP

i don't really count, as i was raised at the height of the car culture, but mopinko Jun 2013 #1

Interesting. wtmusic Jun 2013 #2

My kids and their peers are pretty indifferent to cars too. hunter Jun 2013 #7

It's still alive here in Central Texas ..... oldhippie Jun 2013 #3

I think people are keeping the cars they have longer AndyA Jun 2013 #4

It depends on where one lives, I suppose. Rod Walker Jun 2013 #5

Those who can avoid driving and are inclined to avoid driving will do so. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #6

Eventually, living is such places will not be an option GliderGuider Jun 2013 #8

Electric vehicles and alternative liquid fuels. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #9

I'll see your electric car GliderGuider Jun 2013 #10

Double Cranko! Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #11