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simianwordstoday at 6:20 PM1 replyview on HN

You are wrong. Cars have made it possible for people to commute way more easily than the alternative where cars don’t exist.

Cars allowed people to live far away which allows for lower housing cost therefore decreased overall cost of living.


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maesttoday at 8:06 PM

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