Cars may not be essential anymore

The News-Times [Danbury, CT] ^ | December 11, 2006 | Mark Langlois

[from occupied ga]

Maybe the love affair with the automobile is a thing of the past.

Yep this liberal r-tard has it right, why everyone knows that the expressways are virtually empty and that the only cars on them are in the HOV lanes. As I walked the 12 miles to work this morning just to avoid my car I was unable to make very good time due to the vast numbers of other pedestrians on the sidewalks. Why some said that they walked 30 miles each way every day to avoid gettting in their cars. Some said that they'd walk a hundred miles just to avoid their cars < /sarcasm>

[Condor51]

"Maybe the love affair with the automobile is a thing of the past."

Ya Can't Get There From Here

/s

[xowboy]

Actually it's apparently another planet.

[caver]

"How much rum is in those Irish coffees?
I wonder if he has any buyers remorse?"

Any woman would look good after drinking rum for two days.

[caver]

I've heard of people in places like New York City not driving but not in Connecticut.

[July 4th]

LOL! I was just talking about this the other day. Being in computer science, people sometimes ask me when that paperless office is coming. The truth is that computers didn't reduce the paper in the office; they made it possible to print more paper, faster, than ever before.

Ha...very true. I'm in my 20s and have grown up with computers, and sit in front of one for 12 hours a day. Yet when I'm writing a brief or doing research, I still print constantly. There's nothing like having it all in front of you with the ability to make a quick note. Perhaps when 40" widescreen touch-sensitive desktop displays are more affordable, I'll be paperless.

[Larry Lucido]

It's a slap at the internet, saying we don't communicate because it's all long distance.

But facts don't support his premise. The freeways are full and bars and restaurants are full.

What he apparently misses is the old days when you HAD to bitch about politics face to face to a small group of people who could only do that - just bitch. Now, we have the option to do the former while also networking with thousands across the country simultaneously and from time to time expose crooked politicians and medial personalities. Imagine that!

[Gorzaloon]

We tried several of those Home Delivery grocery services. they were fine for canned goods and soap, but we also found it gives the market a great change to get rid of wilted vegetables and carrion.

[SengirV]

Whatever

[bert]

Is that Wyoming....... 11 miles of perfectly straight road?

[Gorzaloon]

"change" = "chance".

More coffee.

The memory of impersonating a buzzard must have rattled me!

[NRA1995]

People can go to Match, Jdate, EHarmony and Match.com to start dating without even heading to a bar.

I've had better luck in AOL chatrooms (and they are VERY bad) than with any of the above services. Fifty levels of deep compatibility, my tush!

[Fierce Allegiance]

Hey, not everyone in CT is an idiot!

And no, I don't drive a car, mine's an SUV.

[Smokin' Joe]

Maybe the love affair with the automobile is a thing of the past.

HA!

My wife will give up her Lincoln when they pry her cold, dead hands from the steering wheel, and not until!

City folks. Sheesh!

[Zathras]

East Coast nonsense trying to socially engineer the rest of the contry.
LA is probably bigger than the entire state of Conneticut.

[Disambiguator]

The writer lives in the Eastern Megalopolis, where maybe you can get by without a car because everything is developed and conveniences abound in your own neighborhood.

Out west, where some of us live, things are more spread out, and public transit is fine if you don't want to actually go anywhere that's more than a mile from the bus stop or train depot.

Also, to all those "mass-transit" (read: public transit) proponents, consider this: privately owned vehicles are a form of mass transit. After all that's how most of "the masses" get around, and overall it's more efficient than buses and trains (in terms of time).

Obviously there are issues with traffic in some areas, but even with those obstacles, commuting in your own vehicle is faster and more convenient than taking the bus to the train, then another bus from the train, and then walking 3 or more blocks to your office, etc.

[Gideon Reader]

THIS may be the stupidest article I have ever read, not counting anything by Jimmy Carter of the ISG, of course.
As if I would undertake the 24 mile walk to my Physicians office or the 32 mile walk to my Dentist.
The sub-moronic writer of this article may not realize that there are actually people in this country that do NOT reside in urban areas with public transportation available. Dolt writes as Dolt is.

[Andonius_99]

you ain't kidding - of the three places I've lived in CT, everything is at least 30 mins away. And there's no way in hell I'd ride the publik transpertayshun in this state because it doesn't go anywhere I'm interested in!

[Turbo Pig]

It's been a few years since I've travelled it, though, hopefully it's been improved.

We were there last year...my guess is that it hasn't. If it has, I'm surprised that it could ahve been worse.

[Piquaboy]

I have to go 10 miles to get to a store. I suppose I could walk.