You make some good points I hadn’t considered before.
90% or more of my car usage is on weekend road trips or adventures. Unfortunately those use cases aren’t served well by trains or planes, and probably never will be.
I agree with all your critiques of car-ownership in cities though, it’s probably not necessary and has a lot of bad consequences for people.
Cities designed for cars tend to be uglier than cities designed for people too.
Great reply. Like that last point too.
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I planned my trip according to where the train went. I just looked up the map and went as far north as the train would go in one go. It was a great time. I ended up in a fishing town for lack of a better term that had alot of tourism during the summer. Since i came in January it was off season very peaceful and cheap! It was a great time. No car needed! Next time im going west just for the heck of it
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