In article ,
(Marcus Andersson) wrote:

yeah... this is probably the clearest example for Europeans of the
low standard of living for Americans... you simply cannot live
without a car...
You are forced to sit in your home without being able to go anywhere.

Wow. Talk about odd perceptions...

Unless you want to make yourself the trouble of bringing your car with
you, that is.

Not a horrible problem for almost anyone. When "taking your car with
you" is about a third of the cost of doing the same in Europe, it's a
much different situation.

The flip side of that coin is "Europeans have to wait for public
transportation all of the time, and can hardly afford to take their cars
anywhere."

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