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    BradleyNull
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    I think the thing that got me on this line of thinking was understanding just how much we DON'T use our cars. Sure, the freedom is nice, but they aren't being used most of the time. We go from...

    I think the thing that got me on this line of thinking was understanding just how much we DON'T use our cars. Sure, the freedom is nice, but they aren't being used most of the time. We go from point A to point B and then our cars just sit for hours upon hours.

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      DrStone
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      Another way to look at it is that it’s providing mobile, reasonably secure storage while you’re out. You can just leave things like car seats, umbrellas, a towel, and other things you’d want/need...

      Another way to look at it is that it’s providing mobile, reasonably secure storage while you’re out. You can just leave things like car seats, umbrellas, a towel, and other things you’d want/need on every trip in there. You can store stuff between multiple shops/locations on one outing instead of impersonating a pack mule. Stuff like that, depending on your lifestyle, is extremely useful.

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      1. MimicSquid
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        I don't know where you live, but I can say that in my major metropolitan area a car is not to be used to store things you care about, and if you try, you're also going to be replacing a window....

        I don't know where you live, but I can say that in my major metropolitan area a car is not to be used to store things you care about, and if you try, you're also going to be replacing a window. The only person I know who successfully stored anything of value in their car long term owned something that looked like absolute trash, and even then kept it under a blanket that looked like it had lived through several dozen paint-based assassination attempts.

        So people's mileage may vary when it comes to using a car as storage.

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      2. BradleyNull
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        Sure, i get that. But ultimately the cost - both literal and more abstractly - is extremely high to collectively maintain. What we pay for space in parking lots - always temporarily used and often...

        Sure, i get that. But ultimately the cost - both literal and more abstractly - is extremely high to collectively maintain. What we pay for space in parking lots - always temporarily used and often 'wasted' in that temporal sense - roads, time commuting, automobile related deaths. For me, I don't really think it's worth those prices.

        I think our resources could be better used.

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