[surgical_fire]

It's not about needing or not needing a car.

I perceive in the US this general distaste for "things that benefit society as a whole" versus "things that benefit me, all else be damned".

Many things here in Europe don't benefit me directly, and I pay taxes for that. And I think that is a good thing. I can still live a fairly comfortable life, could buy a house, raise a family, have nice things, etc.

A nice public park may not benefit you directly, but it doesn't mean it is not something desirable to have around. "I can't live in a public park" is indicative of a pervasive attitude that irks me to no end.

May all public parks near you become concrete parking locations. Then you can park your car there.

[card_zero]

But they still couldn't live there, whether grass or concrete. Nobody in this thread expressed any interest in a place to park a car, it was "a 3,000 sq ft house".

[surgical_fire]

The attitude is the same.

[card_zero]

Yeah, but they can't live in the park, you see, even with a good attitude.

[surgical_fire]

I mean, there are parks close to where I live.

Oddly enough, there are also houses.