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From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP
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Subject: re: Small Cars-flame force 10
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Date: Sun, 10-Jul-83 15:56:47 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 10 15:56:47 1983
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Cars suck rocks by definition?  Ever tried getting from the outer suburbs
of D.C. to the District by public transit on a weekend - especially on a Sunday?
(Last time I checked, the buses DON'T RUN from Reston to DC on Sunday!)

I wish public transit were a lot better here.  I wish the Metro ran to Dulles
and I could take it into the District.  (Hell, I wish I could live in the
District and commute to Reston.  I *like* cities.  I *don't* like the suburbs.)
But it isn't and it doesn't.  Frankly, driving a car in the rain, or on a cold
winter day, is no great fun but it beats the hell out of riding a bike under
the same circumstances.  And if you want to go a *long* distance to an area
not served by trains or buses or airplanes, the car is the only alternative.
It *is* the best solution to the transportation problem under some
circumstances.  (Europe and Japan have higher gas prices, roads less well
suited for automobiles, and a better public transit system, and car ownership
is *still* high - about 1 car for every 4 people.  Either most of the developed
world has been brainwashed or a car serves a useful purpose.)  When I lived
in Cambridge, I didn't have a car and didn't need one.  Now that I live and
work in the suburbs, I need one.

	Guy Harris
	{seismo,mcnc,we13,brl-bmd,allegra}!rlgvax!guy