Cascando-5273 t1_jbsl664 wrote on March 11, 2023 at 11:28 AM

Reply to comment by unndunn in Cost of 2nd Avenue Subway extension to East Harlem balloons to $7.7B by Grass8989

I think you're right, but I have one question - why is it irrational to hate cars? (Whenever I see words like 'irrational' used in the same sentence as 'because' I wonder if something worth discussing is being avoided or denied.)

planning_throwaway1 t1_jby0g93 wrote on March 12, 2023 at 4:30 PM

For whatever reason drivers think they don't inconvenience anyone else and don't view the enormous amount of space given over to them as a problem

Cascando-5273 t1_jby3ri5 wrote on March 12, 2023 at 4:53 PM

I agree - I was baiting (as opposed to trolling - my intent wasn't to irritate but to point out the emotionalized logical fallacy).

I also resent the pollution and ownership of private cars vs the fact that the US chose cars and oil over what was probably the best train system in the world.

We had effective and reasonably priced mass transit and gave it up so that the Rockefellers and the Fords could make insane profits (and later for Congress to get a cut for decades of preferential legislation).