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  • insomniac_lemon@kbin.socialtoTechnology@lemmy.world•It’s time for Americans to embrace small cars
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    2 years ago

    Same (and it is a thing where I’m at, it just needs to be used+imported). But also I don’t really want to drive, and I do not afford such a thing (both in terms of need and money).

    I did buy a small+cheap+geared ebike (45 pounds, 20" wheels) and it’s pretty great. Would be nice to be lighter, but that’s a cost thing. Somewhat smaller perhaps too (not that I’ve tried it), though that would probably require a custom design or perhaps an normal bike (I am not sure how a niche smaller bike would compare to what I have now in terms of riding effort/experience and cost especially without a good-deal local used or clones on sale).

    Though bicycling also has its limits/caveats where I’m at (also for me personally, so I don’t have a standard commute) but the specific utility (especially due to a nearby trail) that is there in different forms makes it worth it (health being a big one, 1-way trips, I even fetched water 12L at a time when the pump was out).

  • insomniac_lemon@kbin.socialtoGeneral Discussion@lemmy.world•*Permanently Deleted*
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    2 years ago

    Like California, which has the most homeless per-capita.

    Though those places certainly don’t have the worst winters (like Minnesota), and NY (after CA w/homelessness) does have milder winters than Chicago. In either case summers are on the mild side, too (for comparison, being homeless in Arizona summer heat would not be good).

    Also, from wiki:

    Over the years, the city of Chicago, Illinois has gained a reputation as the city with the most homeless people, rivaling Los Angeles and New York City, although no statistical data have backed this up. The reputation stems primarily from the subjective number of beggars found on the streets rather than any sort of objective statistical census data. Indeed, from statistical data, Chicago has far less homeless per capita than peers New York, and Los Angeles, or other major cities such as Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Boston, among others

  • insomniac_lemon@kbin.socialtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Capitalism simplified
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    2 years ago

    Sure, but I suspect it’s like that for thematic reasons. That people move up and down the economic ladder due to factors beyond their control. And the characters must move up to show that they don’t change their values just because their conditions improve.

    Also a parallel to real life, poking fun that the people at the top of the tower think they’re ‘better’ and disrespect those below them despite the placement being arbitrary (and likely a place they’ve been before or will likely be in the future, though that’s more true in the movie as you’ve said).