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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: MeMe Date: May 12, 2008 05:50
In article <27GdnYDFxcHlqbXVnZ2dnUVZ8q7inZ2d@ bt.com>, brimstone520-ng02
@ yahoo.co.uk says...
> Boltar wrote:
>> On May 12, 10:53 am, Roger Thorpe warwick.ac.uk>
>> wrote:
>>> I think that you're wasting your time, The noisier ons here simply
>>> will not believe that it's possible to live a full life without
>>> owning a car, even in London. Even if you convince them then you'll
>>> get the usual bleating about the car that you once owned (and maybe
>>> still do).
>>
>> Its perfectly possible to live without a car. Its also perfectly
>> possible to live without a house or flat in this country as many
>> krusties and pikeys keep proving. Tents , tree houses or beaten up
>> caravans are cheap after all. However , would you want to?
>>
>>> geographically across Great Britain. In 2001, the rate of car
>>> ownership was higher than 50 per cent in all areas, with the
>>> exception of nine inner London boroughs and Glasgow city. Households
>>> in London and other urban areas were least likely to have a car,
>>> whereas households in rural
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>> If you think the majority of people in those areas who don't have a
>> car don't have one because they don't want one you've living in a
>> dream world - they simply can't afford one (and/or the insurance).
>>
> It may suprise you to learn that not everyone feels the need to have a steel
> status symbol sitting outside their house.
>
As I've said before, its not possible to live in *most* places around
here without a car. Rare buses and too far to cycle carrying heavy
loads.
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