| ▲ | parpfish 3 days ago | |||||||
Another potential factor driving the US’s reckoning with car centric development is the aging of the boomer generation. At some point, there’s going to be a large number of cities where a majority of homeowners are too old to drive. | ||||||||
| ▲ | hx8 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
> At some point, there’s going to be a large number of cities where a majority of homeowners are too old to drive. If you're too old to drive you're probably also not in the best position to walk far or walk while carrying shopping/groceries. Combined with the obesity epidemic many people simply aren't healthy enough to walk 1km. | ||||||||
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| ▲ | nebula8804 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
Probably why so many are moving to 'retirement communities' so they can downgrade to golf carts. You can take the car away from the person but the soul of the boomer is the automobile. | ||||||||
| ▲ | njarboe 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
Tesla FSD is already very good. Maybe a good thing the Boomer generation can do is to help make automatic cars legal. | ||||||||