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by fer
1466 days ago
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> What is the worth of: a visit to my friends; taking a surfboard to the beach; taking a load of firewood to my parents; an emergency 2AM visit to a suicidal acquaintance; taking my nephew and his friends to the skatepark; helping a friend move; picking up a Craigslist chair. In urban Europe (the one I'm familiar with, at least), I find public transit, then renting cars/vans and straight up calling cabs/Uber when needed is still absurdly cheaper, particularly with European gas, insurance and maintenance prices, and somewhat limited parking space. Sure, the odd 100€ cab fare to urgently go somewhere far hurts in one shot, but according to my own numbers for where I live, just having a used car lying around "just in case" without any mileage is 304€/mo. |
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I fully understand that we are comparing apples and grapefruit here, but in my case, living in rural USA, that would cost less than $50/month and most of that would be the cost of insurance.