I also hate that I pretty much have to have one because it feels like another form of rent: just an endless money pit that depreciates and yet you have to maintain it in order to get to work. — Moliere
If you build a world where capitalism has no social brakes, then you get the world that deserves. Impatient drivers and frustrated transport planners are a tiny part of that larger story.
And the criticism concerning wokeism is that it is a turning of individuals against individuals by harnessing the amplification of social media. The polarisation of society into competing online mobs obsessing over finer and finer social distinctions. A diversion of political energy away from the larger story of how we all have to cooperate to share the one planet. — apokrisis
A solution inbetween trains and buses: — Lionino
So a cat born in a barn is not a cow? Curious. Food for thought. — Lionino
I blame your utter insanity. — unenlightened
Don't be ungrateful to the country that allows you to reside there. — javi2541997
you cannot have that animosity with New Zealand — javi2541997
Do your kids feel insecure when they come back from school, for example? Is the system so corrupt that it is impossible to manage things with public administration? — javi2541997
Cars are a trap to make people feel the fallacy of 'freedom' — javi2541997
So, don't be ungrateful to NZ. — javi2541997
So it decided to just plunge in and get it done how it could. — apokrisis
Now the elegant villa in the tree lined street can suddenly find two three storey apartment blocks - made of shit panelling and with a concrete pad for half a dozen cars - looming over it within a year. — apokrisis
Amadeus complained about New Zealand public transport, but how many people in Teruel or Jaén would give for some of it! — javi2541997
I've not intimated NZ is the worst country in the world. I just hate it here. That's all. Various reason, largely biases and personal disposition. Not sure what's controversial getting you lot up in arms. — AmadeusD
So are there countries where you would be sure that you would hate them less? — apokrisis
Clearly, this is no longer apt for this thread. If you care, feel free to PM with any questions, but I assume its uninteresting in the extreme to you. — AmadeusD
the real world issue of why transport planning is in a bind. — apokrisis
But in the end, I had the choice. That makes a big difference. — apokrisis
it feels as if your solution would be to (legislate?) regulate against either single-user or less-than-five-user motor transport, so that cycling and hte like can flourish. — AmadeusD
This is exactly whataboutism. — AmadeusD
Ireland, Italy, USA(parts thereof), Canada (parts thereof), Japan (parts thereof), Hong Kong, and many others. — AmadeusD
Yes. Yes I can. — AmadeusD
Hating the country where you live is dumb. — javi2541997
Can we leave the guy alone now? It seems like he was just trying to be honest. — Baden
OK, mate. I now understand why you always type and posy with such anger. Living in a country that you don't like is screwed, and maybe you are frustrated every time. Reading your posts, it is more an issue regarding your attitude than the existence of NZ. — javi2541997
It isn't. You complained about the public transport in NZ. I agree the public services of every country have pros and cons, and no one is perfect. — javi2541997
Again, don't be ungrateful, mate. — javi2541997
Just because it is a country that cares for people and doesn't allow you to use excessively the car, doesn't mean it is the "worst" country in the world. — javi2541997
Only developed and rich nations. :lol: I will not see the crank trying to live in Andalucía, Cuba, Venezuela, or Morocco. Nah, everything is messed up in NZ but no way I would raise my kids in Seville. — javi2541997
No, no. You can't. Hating the country where you live is dumb. — javi2541997
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