• gundog48@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Public transport is great in cities, but as soon as things get more sparsely populated, you get diminishing returns. Everything takes longer, runs infrequently, and still barely gets you close.

    But then if they run more frequently, they’d be empty.

    Yet, where I live, they keep introducing hostile rules, new houses can only have one parking space, at a time where kids are having to live with their parents for longer, so their mobility, job opportunities, etc are really hampered. It would be one thing if there was decent public transport infrastructure, but there’s literally nothing, just people becoming ‘stuck’ because those who make the rules often don’t think about areas as a whole.

      • The Pantser@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Not as true as it used to be. Many companies are still allowing working from home. The rural areas around me have seen a huge influx of new construction since you can live anywhere and work for many jobs. Both myself and wife work from home and have considered moving out of the city but won’t until the kids are done with school.

        • baseless_discourse
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          1 year ago

          Then they become densely populated, which is a great place to build more transport :)