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(Marcus Andersson) wrote:

Chad Irby wrote in message
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In article ,
(Marcus Andersson) wrote:

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.

"Several miles" for *shopping*?

Geez, if I go "several miles" to shop somewhere, it's to a major (100+
stores) mall. But from my house to the nearest good-sized shopping
center is less than a kilometer, and a major mall with seventy or eighty
stores is about two kilometers. For most everyday needs, there's a
Target (a major department store) right next to the mall. For
groceries, there are three good-sized grocery stores within three
kilometers, and a 24 hour convenience store across the *street*.

And this is not an unusual area.

In most US urban zones, there is so *much* shopping available that you
have to be a fool to walk several miles in trying to do it.

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*

Or unless you call a cab. Or ride a bike, like I do (to the downtown
bar district, a mile and a half from here). Or - oddly enough - walk.

And a "couple" of beers is below the legal limit for most normal-sized
humans.

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