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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:17 AM Original message |
Carmakers' next problem: Generation Y (Generation Public Transit?) |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. We've got wi fi on buses here. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. No wonder the GOP has been dispatched to de-fund public transit! |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. What about all the incoming GOP governors who are planning |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. exactly! |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. Hmmmmmmmm, could it also be that they just don't have the MONEY to get one? |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. That's more likely. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. My parents were just fine with one income . . . until the Reagan administration . . . |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. That was my experience, too. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
28. That's what I thought was the deal. So many people now making McWages, how are they supposed to |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
32. The cost of owning a car is absolutley outrageous... |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. If I lived in a city I wouldn't own anything other than a pickup |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Pickup is the WORST vehicle to own in a largely pedestrian city. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. We need one from time to time though |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
5. Convoluted excuses for a simple reality: No jobs. No money. nt |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Not necessarily true..... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Check 20 somethings in LA some time, and get back to me. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Even in LA. No U.S. city is expanding its transit system more rapidly. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. The mass transit system in LA is full of the very poor. nt |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Umm, okay. I can see this is going to be a pointless, circuitous discussion. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:39 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I guess your assertions carry more weight than mine. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. So, what's the overlap between 20 somethings and the very poor? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Large. In LA, my (admittedly anecdotal) observation is that it is larger than most |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. The mass transit system in Chicago is full of people who smell like pee and mutter to themselves |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
31. Very poor, less poor, disabled, medically recuperating, young hipsters, |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Not *only* the very poor, just *disproportionately* the very poor |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. While LA is no Paris, living here without a car is quite doable if one is |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Have you taken a ride on the LA transit system? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. LA hasn't been expanding transit for the past couple of years, in spite |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Actually I have a story to tell about them. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
29. my son, 20 |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 01:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
41. More like gentrification means they can't afford rent and a car |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. chicago..trains, rental bicycles,and zip cars. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
34. Zip cars at train stations - best of all possible worlds, IMO! |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
17. What happens as the boomers age out and can't drive? |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:45 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Here's an interesting article about that topic: |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. They are moved to a condo or assisted living in Florida? |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
26. This is cool and all but alot of US cities don't have transit systems that are very good. |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. the problem with renting a car |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
36. Cars used to convey freedom to young people ............ |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
38. It's generally tougher to get a license nowadays |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
39. I Would Not Say That This Is A Highly Significant Trend, But... |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
42. Bring cool little European cars like the Fiat 500 here |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-10 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
43. K&R #5. |
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