Why is car a luxury? A clunker car worth $2000 will still work fine for years with minor maintenance that can be done by yourself.

Oh, yeah. Cities. Cars are expensive when you live in a 100 sq. ft. box.

Perhaps that's what is causing problems?

The $2000 daily driver died with covid.

JambalayaJimbo a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The cost of the car itself is minimal compared to insurance, gas and storage costs.

What "storage"? You put it on your driveway. The minimum liability insurance around here is about $50 a month.

	▲	energy123 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Some people do not own a driveway or a car space. There is an active rental market just for that.

Waterluvian a day ago | parent | prev [-]

A competently planned city makes car ownership unnecessary.

tlb 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There's no way to plan a city so most people can walk to a Costco. Warehouse stores are an inherently car-based phenomenon.

	▲	Dylan16807 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They don't require everyone to own a car. At the very least, they can run an efficient delivery service. And there's got to be a way to make a 3 hour rental or single taxi drive once a month much cheaper than owning a car.

energy123 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Sprawl comes from urban planning. I think you mean to say a certain approach to planning makes it unnecessary.

cyberax 21 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

A competently planned _country_ makes cities that only seem to create generational poverty unnecessary.