Comment by ehnto
2 days ago
I am a car enthusiast so don't think I'm off the deep end here, but I would definitely argue that people love their cars as a tool to work in the society we built with cars in mind. Most people aren't car enthusiasts, they're just driving to get to work, and if they could get to work for a $1 fare in 20 minutes on a clean, safe train they would probably do that instead.
I am this person. I love the convenience of a car. I hate car ownership.
Right and I assume we will have BO police at the gates to these trains?
People love their cars not because they’re enthusiasts
I guess that's one reason to not use public transport, but it seems many cities overcome that pretty readily.
Perhaps it depends on how smelly your society is.
Anyway I think we are in agreement, given a good system and a good society trains become quite attractive, otherwise cars are more preferred.
That seems like a somewhat ridiculous objection. Should everybody start owning their own private planes to avoid people with BO at airplanes?
No, but if they could, they would. That’s what’s being debated here. Whether people would, not should.
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