A car is often essential in the US but while owning a vehicle is better than not for life satisfaction, a study has found, having to drive too much sends happiness plummeting
Driving requires sitting, which we do too much already and, at these levels, is bad for our health, both mental and physical. Cars also make the world around them noisy and polluted, which also negatively affects health. Even being near the streets and not in a car is taking your life into your hands. Roads take up space that could be (and often was, in the past) devoted to housing or park space.
Our overdependence on cars has radically altered the shape of life in America, and basically none of it for the better.
Agreed on all points, just again I’d rank those low against other factors plaguing this country. The Nazis are not only back, but surging in popularity; our rights are dropping like flies; we’re being inflated into poverty - things like home ownership are a fucking pipe dream; the climate is rapidly trending toward not supporting human life and our representatives couldn’t give less of a shit…
Those are driving Americans to unhapiness. 100% fuck cars, it’s just pointing to them as the source of our unhappiness is like complaining of an itchy ass while actively being mauled by a bear - no one likes an itchy ass, but… the bear…
…I mean, traffic sucks and all, but I’d rank that pretty low on the list of things that make this country a depressing place to live.
It’s not just about traffic.
Driving requires sitting, which we do too much already and, at these levels, is bad for our health, both mental and physical. Cars also make the world around them noisy and polluted, which also negatively affects health. Even being near the streets and not in a car is taking your life into your hands. Roads take up space that could be (and often was, in the past) devoted to housing or park space.
Our overdependence on cars has radically altered the shape of life in America, and basically none of it for the better.
The sudden repair cost that could threaten your ability to make ends meet also sucks.
I enjoy the activity of driving, but relying on it sucks.
Agreed on all points, just again I’d rank those low against other factors plaguing this country. The Nazis are not only back, but surging in popularity; our rights are dropping like flies; we’re being inflated into poverty - things like home ownership are a fucking pipe dream; the climate is rapidly trending toward not supporting human life and our representatives couldn’t give less of a shit…
Those are driving Americans to unhapiness. 100% fuck cars, it’s just pointing to them as the source of our unhappiness is like complaining of an itchy ass while actively being mauled by a bear - no one likes an itchy ass, but… the bear…
Ignoring small problems because big problems exist is how you end up with a greater number of big problems. Or political apathy.