If we’re talking long distance travel cars do have a certain “freedom” to them in that you can set your own itinerary and carry a lot of your own crap with you.
That's because our country doesn't have trains/buses running on any sort of useful schedule. And also because air travel feels like you're paying a small fortune to get squeezed through an industrialized anus for a few hours.
Road trips suck. They're uncomfortable, exhausting, boring as shit, and incredibly time consuming. They are only marginally better than plane trips and pale beside any sort of bus or train in an actual fucking country.
I’d trade this all for good high speed rail but I do sorta get the appeal of having a personal car.
Ah, well, there's your problem. You need to be more curmudgeonly and bitter.
Rail is pretty much superior in every way in terms of travel but there are a handful of advantages to piloting your own craft around.
Yeah, I get that. Of course, in theory you've got rail stops that run right out to the edge of the Grand Canyon or rental garages at the more inaccessible terminals so you can just drop $50 and drive around for the day. But in America we're not allowed to have nice things.
Again I’d give up my car for decent rail any day.
I'd settle for some decent bus service. Can't even get that much.
That's because our country doesn't have trains/buses running on any sort of useful schedule. And also because air travel feels like you're paying a small fortune to get squeezed through an industrialized anus for a few hours.
Road trips suck. They're uncomfortable, exhausting, boring as shit, and incredibly time consuming. They are only marginally better than plane trips and pale beside any sort of bus or train in an actual fucking country.
No. You're wrong.
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Ah, well, there's your problem. You need to be more curmudgeonly and bitter.
Yeah, I get that. Of course, in theory you've got rail stops that run right out to the edge of the Grand Canyon or rental garages at the more inaccessible terminals so you can just drop $50 and drive around for the day. But in America we're not allowed to have nice things.
I'd settle for some decent bus service. Can't even get that much.
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