Why Millennials Are Ditching Cars And Redefining Ownership
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[QUOTE=wraithcat;41929057]I know this is poordickwaving but to explain why I find it hilarious. Going by average wages, you¨d make 7.1USD an hour, the gas prices would run at least 6.5USd and the MPG wouldn't be all that different. - if you're young, you can expect a fairly good rate per hour to be six bucks or so by the way.
Not to mention your drivers licenses are dirt cheap, car maintenance is dirt cheap, car insurance is often cheaper as well and many many many other factors.
Money really really isn't the issue here. It's fairly obviously more the case that those younger people no longer need a car since public transit is improving.
[editline]22nd August 2013[/editline]
So yes, I do find americans talking about how expensive cars are to have to be a little bit hilarious.[/QUOTE]
How far do you have to drive? I drive about fifteen miles to work, but a lot of people have to drive farther than that. I mean, your whole country is smaller than most states in the u.s. Also, I don't know what you're on about with cheap car maintenance and insurance. You live right next to germany, all of your parts (for german cars at least, which is a lot) are way way cheaper than over here. If your BMW or Mercedies breaks down over here, its retarded expensive to get it fixed.
And public transit is not improving. The valley where I live lost three routes last year and jacked the prices up from $1.50 to $2.50.
[QUOTE=notlabbet;41935128]How far do you have to drive? I drive about fifteen miles to work, but a lot of people have to drive farther than that. I mean, your whole country is smaller than most states in the u.s. Also, I don't know what you're on about with cheap car maintenance and insurance. You live right next to germany, all of your parts (for german cars at least, which is a lot) are way way cheaper than over here. If your BMW or Mercedies breaks down over here, its retarded expensive to get it fixed.
And public transit is not improving. The valley where I live lost three routes last year and jacked the prices up from $1.50 to $2.50.[/QUOTE]
the moment you mention a BMW or mercedes as a cheap car shows which way the wind blows to be honest. Since even older ones tend to on the expensive side.
On top of that size of a country isn't very important. Id wager most people commute a maximum of two hours two and back (four hours overall) and even those are fairly rare. Since anyone who'd have to commute crazy times like this would just move, get some hostel accomodation or similar since it's not sustainable.
This holds true for both the US and smaller countries.
For the record my commute is around an hour. (via public transport) or 45-50 minutes via a car.
As to maintainance costs - I'm mostly talking about mandatory check ups, which generally tend to be a lot cheaper in the US, or less required.
I understand what this could be to some people. I don't think I needed a car till I was older and found a job after school. I'm just not in the same place in life as some people here are. I commute to a full time job and unless I lived in a city I doubt I'd be able to survive without a car. There are a lot of responsibilities that I just don't think I could get away without having one. Even then sometimes my work requires me to go to a location off site and that isn't always practical without a vehicle.
Not to mention leaving in the north east means snow a large portion of the winter so not only does it have to be a reliable, economical, and capable car in the winter I also spend more than an hour and a half in the car each day so there's a desire to buy something a little more luxurious for driving. But once again not even here is in the same place in life. Some of us are in high school and others are working full jobs after college. It's just perspective.
I like how they imply that LA is the one place where you absolutely need a car. A lot of the US isn't urban or suburban yet, try living there without a vehicle and our almost complete lack of public transit.
I live a half hour (By car) from the nearest city where there are buses running around its innards and to the beach, about an hour from the only real major city in the Southern chunk of the state, and 45 minutes from a train station which runs one line. Don't even get me started on Northern Maine.
[QUOTE=wraithcat;41940727]the moment you mention a BMW or mercedes as a cheap car shows which way the wind blows to be honest. Since even older ones tend to on the expensive side.
On top of that size of a country isn't very important. Id wager most people commute a maximum of two hours two and back (four hours overall) and even those are fairly rare. Since anyone who'd have to commute crazy times like this would just move, get some hostel accomodation or similar since it's not sustainable.
This holds true for both the US and smaller countries.
For the record my commute is around an hour. (via public transport) or 45-50 minutes via a car.
As to maintainance costs - I'm mostly talking about mandatory check ups, which generally tend to be a lot cheaper in the US, or less required.[/QUOTE]
I never said they were cheap cars. I said they are more expensive to get parts for here.
Also, my school commute is 1 hour 15 mins by public transport, and 30 mins by car (because of transfers)
And I don't know about mandatory check ups, I've never had one. I've heard its around $300.
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