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Originally Posted by Berean
LOL. I guess you've never been to Europe where half the people ride bicycles or public transportation and only the well off own cars
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I lived in Germany for 3 years, and saw what taxes and regulations did to private auto ownership. Where I was had poor public transportation, so there were a lot of mopeds. Most families had one car and they made do. People rented close to where they worked so they could walk, so the car wasn't tied up sitting at someones work. Americans are used to having cars, and will not easily submit to European standards. The sheer size of the United States also makes European style mass transit impractical. High speed rail is nice when you are going 100 miles, but NY to LA would be a major biotch. Going the same distance from Paris gets you to Siberia.