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However, if one believes *how much* we drive has no bearing on the economy (except in gasoline consumption and auto maintenence) then we can talk about internet purchases, living closer to shopping and work, using mass transit, etc.
The article is obvious fluff (like an article about how rainwater seeks sea level). I guess when writers have nothing to write about they write about nothing.
The older boomers are dying off anyway. A bigger issue is the younger people who are no longer interested in driving. Fewer even getting a drivers license.
The older boomers are dying off anyway. A bigger issue is the younger people who are no longer interested in driving. Fewer even getting a drivers license.
Why should they?
Driving sucks. Traffic. Maintenance. Gas. Headaches. All the while breathing in toxic fumes from other cars by the thousands and thousands every single day and getting fatter by sitting on a fat ass while stuck in traffic just so we can go to an oversized lot in a suburb with nothing to do but sit on that same fat ass and watch TV. It's a money sink in more ways than one and I'd argue destroying what little is left of real American culture.
Blah. No thanks. Gen Y has better things to do with their time. Whatever it is. It just isn't driving.
I drive because I have to, but I cut my commute from 1 hr each way to 10 minutes, and am thinking of riding my bike and teaching my kids the virtues of riding a bike and getting exercise.
I do enjoy driving when I have an open road going to a destination that is sufficiently removed from civilization. Otherwise, I take the train or fly and take the bus.
The older boomers are dying off anyway. A bigger issue is the younger people who are no longer interested in driving. Fewer even getting a drivers license.
While true it's a situation related to their current age. Younger people are more likely to live in urbanized areas where an auto isn't necessary. However, I'm betting, once they get married and start having families thier attitudes, like every generation before them, will begin to change.
Hopefully, however, they will continue to encourage a new way of development which puts places to live and work in close proximity to each other (co-housing movement).
While true it's a situation related to their current age. Younger people are more likely to live in urbanized areas where an auto isn't necessary. However, I'm betting, once they get married and start having families thier attitudes, like every generation before them, will begin to change.
Hopefully, however, they will continue to encourage a new way of development which puts places to live and work in close proximity to each other (co-housing movement).
I haven't been around long enough to know whether that is true or not ...
But at least here in Seattle, every young couple with kids I know are moving back to the cities. They want their kids to grow up with culture and experience the city.
Me personally I had enough of the city when I lived there LOL! So I moved to the burbs (and I work in the burbs anyway so it is OK).
However, I'm betting, once they get married and start having families thier attitudes, like every generation before them, will begin to change.
I am not so sure about that. Automobiles are prohibitively expensive to the point that I've never owned one even though I am nearing 27 at this point. I do not see that relenting at all.
Be careful about where you are being pushed/nudged by various websites and articles. There is a shadow movement to make the suburbs disappear and be incorporated into the large cities so the cities can tap into the wealth of the suburbs.
The older boomers are dying off anyway. A bigger issue is the younger people who are no longer interested in driving. Fewer even getting a drivers license.
The "older boomers" just turned 65 two years ago. It's the Silent generation that you might be thinking of. The height of boomer births was 1957 so we're on the uphill side of a generation entering retirement.
Be careful about where you are being pushed/nudged by various websites and articles. There is a shadow movement to make the suburbs disappear and be incorporated into the large cities so the cities can tap into the wealth of the suburbs.
It is called Economic Reality.
If that is the "shadow" of which you speak, it is real.
We do not have the fantasy "growth," money, energy and wealth we (USA) made-believe we did.
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