Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoAmericans can no longer afford their carswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1340arrow-down110
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minus-squareFireRetardant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down3·edit-28 months agoAs a young adult who wanted to avoid debt, my rules were somewhat similar Car must be used, for sale by private seller. Avoids dealership fees, warranty fees etc. If I cannot buy it in full, in cash that day, I cannot afford it.
minus-squaretburkhol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·8 months agoI bought my first car on credit. After my last payment, I diverted that money into dedicated savings for the next car. Kept me from lifestyle creep and paid myself interest instead of the bank.
minus-squareDreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-28 months agoAs a young adult in Europe (the place where walking and biking safely is possible), my rules were: Rent apartment close to work Don’t need car and I still commute to work faster then my collegues I am entirely convinced US cities were design by the car lobby.
minus-squarenovibe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoNot built by, but rebuilt by. And all the tram networks were bought and purposefully destroyed by car and oil companies in the early 20th century.
minus-squareCoreOffset@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoThose are good rules. American cities used to be designed around reasonable things like walking and using Streetcars but then were bulldozed to make way for the automobile.
As a young adult who wanted to avoid debt, my rules were somewhat similar
Car must be used, for sale by private seller. Avoids dealership fees, warranty fees etc.
If I cannot buy it in full, in cash that day, I cannot afford it.
I bought my first car on credit. After my last payment, I diverted that money into dedicated savings for the next car. Kept me from lifestyle creep and paid myself interest instead of the bank.
As a young adult in Europe (the place where walking and biking safely is possible), my rules were:
I am entirely convinced US cities were design by the car lobby.
Not built by, but rebuilt by. And all the tram networks were bought and purposefully destroyed by car and oil companies in the early 20th century.
Those are good rules.
American cities used to be designed around reasonable things like walking and using Streetcars but then were bulldozed to make way for the automobile.