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Cake day: February 22nd, 2026

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  • That’s not a general problem with trains that proves they suck. The suck is places have been built out for cars with other modes as after thoughts.

    I live somewhere with much better train and bus coverage, and it makes it easier than driving for the vast majority of trips.

    The day to day suffering is because of cars. So fuck cars. Fuck the culture that made them primary.








  • Have you ever been on a train? It sucks, a bus 10000% more, buses fuckin suck so much, I’m sorry for you to hear this in the echo chamber which features ‘fuck cars’.

    Have you?

    Trains and buses, when funded, are fine. Millions of people take them every day.

    I work from home but I used to daily commute by train. Walk to station. Wait a few minutes. Get on. Arrive at destination. I read so many books and finished so many games.


  • I was curious so I tried to find average sizes in NYC. The Internet is full of slop and I hate it. anyway, I found

    Average apartment sizes in NYC in 2026:

    Studio: 400–550 sq ft (37–51 m²)
    1-bedroom: 600–800 sq ft (56–74 m²)
    2-bedroom: 850–1,100 sq ft (79–102 m²)
    3-bedroom: 1,100–1,500 sq ft (102–139 m²)
    

    But at least in the city you get a walkable living place with mass transit. Very few goats, however.





  • jtrek@startrek.websitetomemes@lemmy.worldtrains rule
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    Get rid of privately owned cars and you might be on to something. If the state owned a fleet of self driving cars you could rent at the car library, that would probably be better than everyone having their own car they park somewhere most of the time.

    Building walkable living spaces with mass transit would be better for more people environmentally, economically, health-wise, socially…