[LurkedLongEnough]

Is this lighthearted or serious? Since the readership is Connecticut, I tend to think the writer is actually serious.

[camle]

tripe.

is the author saying that people no longer need to get from one place to another?

when the transporter is perfected, the car might be endangered, certainy not by the internet.

[Rockhound]

This guy sure doesn't live in Texas. My office is 44 miles from home. I have lived in places where you have to drive an hour for groceries.

[facedown]

Reminds me of the "paperless office" concept in the '80's.

[Izzy Dunne]

I haven't used a car for a long time.

Ever since I got my truck.

[cripplecreek]

I'll have to talk to the wife. I suspect she won't go for the 25 mile walk to work or the 15 mile walk to the train station.

[Alex Murphy]

Is this lighthearted or serious? Since the readership is Connecticut, I tend to think the writer is actually serious.

Ever driven on the interstates through CT during rush hour? It's wishful thinking.

[Pikachu_Dad]

Ahem, Somehow all those things are getting to your house... probably by CAR (or worse yet LIGHT TRUCK).

[atomicpossum]

The author overlooks all the vehicles required by the delivery people bringing things to them.

[caver]

I do not know a single person as described by the author in this article. I didn't think Connecticut was such a foreign country.

[edpc]

Maybe with all the conveniences listed in the article, people are just less likely to run their car into the ground, make it last longer, and take it places they'd rather go.

[E Rocc]

Like other collectivists, liberals hate private transportation. People forced into collective transportation are far more easily controlled.

For the same reason, liberals hate "sprawl".

-Eric

[bmwcyle]

It's not cars for men, it is SHOPPING we avoid.

[RockinRight]

I like my car.

Unless you plan to never go outside of an urban area, it's damn near impossible to live conveniently without a car. I personally like to spend time in places that buses, planes, and trains don't go. I also hate being packed in like cattle on public transport.

[edpc]

He forgot one thing. With places like FR, the MSM isn't needed anymore. Funny how he skipped that.

[Just another Joe]

Get a horse!

;^)

[Steel Wolf]

How about the Domino pizza chain? The whole entire concept is you don't have to go out for Domino's. It's all about home delivery.

The entire concept of owning a car is personal freedom. Now, whether or not you want to exercise it is another thing, but if Dominos is backed up, and it'll be an hour and a half to deliver, you can still *choose* to go pick it up yourself, drive somewhere else for food, or whatever you want.

A car means you have the ability to change your mind and do something else.

[marvlus]

Try telling this to the people of L.A.

[HawaiianGecko]

Get the grocery list online...  This is an aversion to grocery stores, not cars.

People can go to Match, Jdate, EHarmony and Match.com to start dating without even heading to a bar.  This is most likely an admission to being ugly, or not wanting to risk a DUI, but most certainly nothing against vehicles.

[Pondman88]

gaydar alert.

[posterchild]

Spent the better part of a decade in a dense urban area where I walked to work. The first few years I had a car and it wasn't worth the expense (even though I got a very good deal of $160/mo on parking) as I barely used it. It was easier to walk or take public transport everywhere as I didn't have to spend time looking for parking at my destinations. If I went out for the evening I didn't need to think about how much I drank. The times I needed a car for an out of town roadtrip I could walk down to my local car rental office and it was still cheaper than car ownership.