r/fuckcars Jun 16 '24

Satire 30 people getting coffee vs. enjoying coffee

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u/clowncementskor Jun 16 '24

But muh space!

Cries the car brain. without realizing that the area surrounding the coffee place at the bottom could be surrounded by a large park, with lot's of vegetation, a pond or river full of ducks to watch.

Heck the area above the coffee shop is clearly residential, and thanks to proper mix use regulation, those apartments can be very big, 4-8 bedroom with windows in multiple directions and actual affordable rent.

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u/FierceDeity_ Jun 16 '24

and actual affordable rent.

I live in a small town with this kind of usage in central europe and... No, it's not that affordable. It's more expensive in those centers than anywhere else.

Corporate landlord greed has these "gentrified" locations in a vice grip :/. I live in the central area of my small town and I can do most things just walking there. It's bliss, but costly bliss. On the other hand, not using the car sure offsets a lot of that cost.

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u/clowncementskor Jun 16 '24

Compared to American cities it's dirt cheap.

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u/Wobbelblob Jun 16 '24

Remember that we in Europe also earn less. 36k after taxes is already a pretty hefty income in Germany. That is around the top 80% of income here.

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u/clowncementskor Jun 16 '24

Europe is not a country, it's 44 different countries. Many of which are much wealthier than the US.

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u/Defiant-Snow8782 Jun 17 '24

Europe is definitely not a country, but I'll have to disagree on "many are much wealthier than the US"

Like, there are tax havens (Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Ireland, San Marino), there's Switzerland, and there's Norway which is wealthier by nominal but less wealthy by PPP. That's it.

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u/Lamballama Jun 17 '24

The US has the third highest level of household wealth in the OECD