The bullet train between Beijing and Guangzhou (1400 miles) runs seven times a day, the fastest connection is 7h 15min, and tickets can be bought from 170$.
Look at you, trying to be smart!
You don’t need a driving license to drive a pick up in the US? 🤡
It has nothing to do with the size of the US. You don’t drive from NYC to LA to pick up a fridge. You drive to the nearest city. So why should they not be able to deliver it to you?
And if you live so rural that that’s not feasible – well that’s your issue then, nobody’s forcing you to live in bumfucknowhere.
Even if it’s not included (usually for heavy things you need to pay extra) it’s so cheap that it’s below my hourly rate, and you’ll get it delivered to your flat. Makes zero sense to own a transport.
You can haul pipes on a van. Plumbers in Europe carry them on their roof. You can also leave the rear door open if it’s just once in a while.
You can haul dirty stuff in there, it’s not like they’re lined with fur and suede. There’s also open vans. Notice the low and accessible flatbed where all sides can be fold down: https://rjclowloaders.co.uk/product/open-back-van/
And re the pizza oven, that’s not a theoretical idea: https://azurebikes.com/shop/wood-fired-pizza-truck-for-mobile-catering/
I live in 5 min walking distance of four supermarkets, a drug store, two pharmacies. And I mean supermarkets, not Bodega, Deli, Corner Store, etc.
I'm sure hauling a washer and dryer would be difficult
Not difficult at all:
https://www.carlacargo.de/site/assets/files/1722/carla-cargo-boxes.1320x0.jpg
Oh, it’s not just Canada. If you post this in a German forum (you know, home of one of the densest public transport networks in the world), suddenly everyone lives in a remote village in the Black Forest and has to drive 40 km each day to work. It’s also always impossible for them to choose where to live and work, and when asked how people who cannot afford to buy a car or cannot drive at all manage to do so they suddenly get very aggressive. 🤷♀️
I’ve got a question for you, you’re an expert in these matters: Does it hurt to be an idiot?
Taxis are popular because there’s too much traffic. Yeah, okay…
So New York doesn’t have homeless people, drugs, and crime? Or is NYC not a high-density area? Or why are there 8 million trips daily?
but that's the barrier
No, it is not the barrier. It is one possible barrier, and if you want to remove all possible barriers before you start, guess what, you’ll never start.
“We need to have higher density! But we can’t have that because of parking minimums! But we can’t get rid of parking minimums because we have no public transport! But we can’t have public transport without higher density!” 🥳
they still wouldn't take it because
Those people will always find a reason. Now it’s to dirty and unsafe. Now it’s too expensive. Now I relocated and the train doesn’t stop here.
Must have been really fast thawing, considering this is a supermarket lot…
I totally understand, but thinking that more deregulation would be fixing any of that is a mistake. What you want (and need) is simply better regulations. You need experts with a plan for the city. Companies are not experts on city planning.
The US already has a highly deregulated zoning system, while European countries often have national laws and regulations (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_General_de_Ordenación_Urbana ) that have to be implemented by the communities, and even above the national level you have things like the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Spatial_Development_Perspective
The second sentence can be read like you’re complaining you can only go 110 while your car could go 250, and I guess a lot of people understood it this way.