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That would be so much fun, taking a cross country train trip.
Europeans, I envy you.
I'm not saying this in a rude way or anything but from what I read, Americans sound so spoiled when it comes to transportation.
.... Oh and btw, does people drive shift stick in the us?
I'm not saying this in a rude way or anything but from what I read, Americans sound so spoiled when it comes to transportation. I'm astounded. The fact that some people have never even been on a train or a bus? I went to Gothenburg a week ago, and it's about 4-5 hours drive, I took the train home, and even went 1 hour bus ride north of where I live(so 5-6 hours drive), it took 2 hours by train. I realise US is big, and it would be expensive to put railway all over. But it's not un-doable, Europe is big, yet I could probably make it from Sweden to Italy in a day if I didn't have to change trains.
Something that's always wowed me too is how young people are when they get their first car, and from what I've seen it's not the cheapest cars around, and a lot of the kids don't even pay for them themselves. It's crazy how it can be so different, at least in Sweden you normally don't get your own car until you get a job, and even then it would be like a $600 car.... Oh and btw, does people drive shift stick in the us?
I'm not saying this in a rude way or anything but from what I read, Americans sound so spoiled when it comes to transportation. I'm astounded. The fact that some people have never even been on a train or a bus? I went to Gothenburg a week ago, and it's about 4-5 hours drive, I took the train home, and even went 1 hour bus ride north of where I live(so 5-6 hours drive), it took 2 hours by train. I realise US is big, and it would be expensive to put railway all over. But it's not un-doable, Europe is big, yet I could probably make it from Sweden to Italy in a day if I didn't have to change trains.
Something that's always wowed me too is how young people are when they get their first car, and from what I've seen it's not the cheapest cars around, and a lot of the kids don't even pay for them themselves. It's crazy how it can be so different, at least in Sweden you normally don't get your own car until you get a job, and even then it would be like a $600 car.... Oh and btw, does people drive shift stick in the us?
We absolutely are spoiled. Stick shifts exist in the US, but most cars are probably automatic transmissions. I miss my stick shift car. It was much more fun to drive than my automatic mom-mobile.
I don't know that $600 cars even exist here that run. The cheapest that I've seen around here that don't need a lot of work to run easily are around $2000.
Europe is much more densely populated. We do have trains up and down the East Coast, but much of the US is sparsely populated and the ROI for building a railway through that just isn't there. It would be exorbitantly expensive. Don't forget the saying "Europeans think 100 miles is a long distance, Americans think 100 years is a long time." You generally need a car unless you live in a city, and once you have a car, it's usually just easier to drive than take public transportation.
Yes, we have stick shift. My husband's car is a manual, but I don't know how to drive it.
I never hear that expression, and actually had to google 100 miles as we use km, but tbh 100 miles to me is far haha! And 100 years is nothing, as the town I live in have had findings from 2000 B.C, and we have the remains of a castle from the end of 12th century. Crazy how it can be so vastly different!
I understand your point but not everyone is fortunate enough to live in an area where there is public transportation they can fully rely on and a car is the only option for them. They can't not consume "so much gas". If America as a whole had a better public transportation system maybe that could change. But you can only find those in metropolises.
As for people buying gas guzzling SUVs, sometimes they are a necessity for people and sometimes they are a luxury.
I'm not saying this in a rude way or anything but from what I read, Americans sound so spoiled when it comes to transportation. I'm astounded. The fact that some people have never even been on a train or a bus? I went to Gothenburg a week ago, and it's about 4-5 hours drive, I took the train home, and even went 1 hour bus ride north of where I live(so 5-6 hours drive), it took 2 hours by train. I realise US is big, and it would be expensive to put railway all over. But it's not un-doable, Europe is big, yet I could probably make it from Sweden to Italy in a day if I didn't have to change trains.
Something that's always wowed me too is how young people are when they get their first car, and from what I've seen it's not the cheapest cars around, and a lot of the kids don't even pay for them themselves. It's crazy how it can be so different, at least in Sweden you normally don't get your own car until you get a job, and even then it would be like a $600 car.... Oh and btw, does people drive shift stick in the us?
The thing I find the most interesting is that if we could mirror a system similar to those in Europe, I still don't think our country would give up on the luxury of driving. Part of that I think has to do with the automobile industry and it's history in this country and the other part is we're control freaks who don't give it up easily.
That being said, if we did actually mirror a public transit system like overseas, cars wouldn't be as necessary. Most of European people don't live in metro areas or big cities; but yet they walk and utilize public transportation.
Realistically, I could walk to my local grocery store. I won't do it because the time it takes to get there versus what I buy isn't effective. When I lived in Germany, it was not unusual for me to climb large hills daily just to get to the post office to check my PO box or go out the walking gate to grab a bakery item for dinner. It's a completely different way of life; American's, sadly imo, don't have that same mentality. And I am just as guilty now that I'm back in the states.
I could walk to the target by my apartment, but I don't want to have to carry everything back to my apartment is the problem haha.
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The thing I find the most interesting is that if we could mirror a system similar to those in Europe, I still don't think our country would give up on the luxury of driving. Part of that I think has to do with the automobile industry and it's history in this country and the other part is we're control freaks who don't give it up easily.
That being said, if we did actually mirror a public transit system like overseas, cars wouldn't be as necessary. Most of European people don't live in metro areas or big cities; but yet they walk and utilize public transportation.
Realistically, I could walk to my local grocery store. I won't do it because the time it takes to get there versus what I buy isn't effective. When I lived in Germany, it was not unusual for me to climb large hills daily just to get to the post office to check my PO box or go out the walking gate to grab a bakery item for dinner. It's a completely different way of life; American's, sadly imo, don't have that same mentality. And I am just as guilty now that I'm back in the states.