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[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I lived in Connecticut. I used to live in a city outside the capital, with transport available all the time. Then I moved to the sticks, 50 miles away. Same state, just the most rural part.

In a group I did, they showed a woman being a success story from the program. In the video, she was using our bus systems in rhe cities. 4/5 people chirped up and aggreed, "hey we don't have busses in Connecticut this video is fake". I was like, no yeah, we have busses, just not here.

So many people I met in that area, are born, live, work, retire, and die, without ever stepping foot out of their county.

It's sad.

to be fair, public transit doesn't cover even close to the majority of any non-east coast state