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Is it okay to own a car in a rural area? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by CinnamonTheCat@beehaw.org to c/fuck_cars@lemmy.ml
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I'm a person living in a rural area and have to either go by train, the nearest station being 15 mins away by car and the trains having a schedule that keeps fluctuating.

Or have to go by car where it takes 60 mins to get where I need to go. I wouldn't want to get a late pickup or anything outrageous just something to get me places.

I'm not a car enthusiast or anything like that.

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[-] schnapsidee@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Owning a car if you need one is not in itself a problem. "fuckcars" isn't about blindly hating cars, it's about being aware that cars are inefficient, dangerous, and bad for people's health. It's about raising awareness about how car-centric and car-dependent society has become, despite there being better ways to structure transportation.

[-] CinnamonTheCat@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you for the clarification, so what I'm hearing is that owning a car is fine if it's not something outrageously large or inefficient and I don't have good public transit connections?

[-] schnapsidee@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

We're not some kind of cult setting rules for how people should live. If you need a car, buy a car, if you want to own some kind of ridiculous lifted truck, you can do that, but I'll reserve the right to make fun of you and think you're an asshole.

[-] yoast@notdigg.com 1 points 1 year ago

I think everyone here understands that most people don't live in northern Europe with great cycling and train infrastructure. So you do what you got to do to live a happy life in car infested capitalist society, nothing wrong with that. If that means you need a car, get a car. Preferably it'd be used and with a low ride height / bumper height. So it's at least a bit safer for cyclist and pedestrians.

I think all we ask is that when there is an opportunity to advocate for more pedestrian or cycling infrastructure that you do so

[-] tookmyname@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Or course it is. Also, it’s ok to not literally fuck cars. It’s just a sentiment that we wish cars didn’t have to dominate so much due to poor civic planning.

[-] Otome-chan@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

the "fuck cars" mindset is typically that we're against car-dependency, not against people who are victims of car-dependent societies. Naturally people in suburbs and more rural areas, especially here in america, will need a car. It's not ideal and it's something that should be fixed but it happens.

[-] tofuwabohu@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I think this is kind of a problem with fuck cars communication. It really needs to be clear that it's against car dependency.

[-] Otome-chan@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I mean I'm a "fuck cars purist" I'm not a fan of cars at all. But yes, the movement is very much about car-dependency, not cars.

[-] balerion@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly. Blaming individuals for systemic problems never gets you anywhere. If you can reduce your car dependency, sure, do that, but don't beat yourself up if you can't.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

It's important to note that there are some countries where even the rural communities have enough transit options that cars aren't necessary. It's less common, but it does exist.

[-] WiseThat@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

FuckCars is not about BEING carfree, it's about realizing that you're FORCED to have a car, to pay $10,000 per year to own that car, to breathe in the pollution from the roads, to risk your life on the road, and how bad that sucks.

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