When I left Denmark as a 20-year old greenhorn, I have to admit the thought of owning a car hadn't even occurred to me.
"Over there," all I ever did was ride the bus and subway... because public transit worked; it was cheap and went everywhere.
I totally get the "car poor" thing. Payments. Insurance. Upkeep. Gas.
I expect fleets of robocabs will be the future. Any industry revolving around humans driving vehicles is likely to vanish within 20 years. Robots don't fall asleep, they don't drink and they don't get lost.
I got my first vehicle at age six (a bicycle)...
At about age sixteen I got a motorcycle...
after that it was cars, trucks, etc...
Where I'm from is twice the size of Denmark and
and there IS no public transportation. If you wanna get somewhere it's up to you.
Picture me, blond Scandinavian college student "fresh off the boat"... trying to board a Cap. Metro bus in Austin, circa 1981... mutterings in the background about "a white boy is riding the bus..."
BINGO!
I rode a Metro bus once...In Dallas..in 1970...
same thing...
Last time I rode a bus..
Sorry if this sounds inconsiderate, but are these instances of racism hurled at someone for being white. Sorry but just wondering. I may be completely off the trajectory that you two are sharing here.
are these instances of racism hurled at someone for being white
?
Are you serious?
There are whole classes taught on the subject in various universities!
But that's not what we were referring to. The idea was that white boys weren't welcome on the bus...and bad things might happen to us.