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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 547299" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>You're correct about our infrastructure. In my area, we don't have much in the way of public transpo, either - the Regional Transit Authority (buses) does not come to my county, so we have an on-call service that is greener but not scheduled.</p><p></p><p>Also due to the fact that American are, let's face it, MASS consumers, we like to park close so we can dump our shopping bags in the car and go back for more. (FWIW I am not counting those who are disabled here - they have a genuine <em>need</em> to park closer. And disability of course is not always visible.)</p><p></p><p>For the first 14.75 years of my life I lived in a bigger city than I do now. I think we had public transpo but I never rode the buses. I walked and rode my bike all over the place - miles and miles and miles. Mom and Dad drove me when it was too far - but 10 miles to my friend's at age 9-10? No problem! Streets were busy, but there were less people per square mile there. Also we lived sort-of on the edge of town, there wasn't much east of us but desert (now that's the center of town, LOL!)</p><p></p><p>And... We complain a lot about gasoline being expensive, but we pay <em><strong>FAR</strong></em> less than you. Yesterday I saw it for $3.899/gallon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 547299, member: 6705"] You're correct about our infrastructure. In my area, we don't have much in the way of public transpo, either - the Regional Transit Authority (buses) does not come to my county, so we have an on-call service that is greener but not scheduled. Also due to the fact that American are, let's face it, MASS consumers, we like to park close so we can dump our shopping bags in the car and go back for more. (FWIW I am not counting those who are disabled here - they have a genuine [I]need[/I] to park closer. And disability of course is not always visible.) For the first 14.75 years of my life I lived in a bigger city than I do now. I think we had public transpo but I never rode the buses. I walked and rode my bike all over the place - miles and miles and miles. Mom and Dad drove me when it was too far - but 10 miles to my friend's at age 9-10? No problem! Streets were busy, but there were less people per square mile there. Also we lived sort-of on the edge of town, there wasn't much east of us but desert (now that's the center of town, LOL!) And... We complain a lot about gasoline being expensive, but we pay [I][B]FAR[/B][/I] less than you. Yesterday I saw it for $3.899/gallon. [/QUOTE]
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