Chad Irby wrote in message . ..
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.



Say that you're going into town for some shopping... if you have your
car you must remember not to walk too far from where you've parked it
unless you want to walk several miles when it's time to go home again.

And you can't pop in to a restaurant or pub and have a couple of beers
unless you have some designated sober driver.

*horror*