[cyberax]

Why is car a luxury? A clunker car worth $2000 will still work fine for years with minor maintenance that can be done by yourself.

Oh, yeah. Cities. Cars are expensive when you live in a 100 sq. ft. box.

Perhaps that's what is causing problems?

[doublepg23]

The $2000 daily driver died with covid.

[JambalayaJimbo]

The cost of the car itself is minimal compared to insurance, gas and storage costs.

[cyberax]

What "storage"? You put it on your driveway. The minimum liability insurance around here is about $50 a month.

[energy123]

Some people do not own a driveway or a car space. There is an active rental market just for that.

[Waterluvian]

A competently planned city makes car ownership unnecessary.

[tlb]

There's no way to plan a city so most people can walk to a Costco. Warehouse stores are an inherently car-based phenomenon.

[Dylan16807]

They don't require everyone to own a car. At the very least, they can run an efficient delivery service. And there's got to be a way to make a 3 hour rental or single taxi drive once a month much cheaper than owning a car.

[energy123]

Sprawl comes from urban planning. I think you mean to say a certain approach to planning makes it unnecessary.

[cyberax]

A competently planned _country_ makes cities that only seem to create generational poverty unnecessary.