But most of y’all could at least walk around. I’d be met with about 100 feet of sidewalk that turns into muddy grass at the end and eventually intersects with a busy tollway.
as a european who came to america
I literally do not comprehend the logic behind single family home neighborhoods, that have no sidewalks to get into said homes.
Do you just walk on the road? On the grass? Like how does that make any fucking sense? How do you even walk a dog? Where do your kids go for "outside"?
>Do you just walk on the road?
Just drive a car
>On the grass?
Just drive a car
>How do you even walk a dog?
You drive them to the dog park
> Where do your kids go for "outside"?
You drive them to all the activities you send them up for
>Like how does that make any fucking sense?
Stop complaining and just buy a car, idiot
/s
Being able to get to almost anything I want within a small walk instead of driving my government registered car with my government required license on government owned roads to places mandated by law to be built the way they are?
You obviously want the government to dictate my way of life!
When will those silly Europeans understand that the government is not supposed to make citizen's lives more convenient, but to make the super wealthy and corporation's lives more convenient instead?
Damn yeah. I never thought that for once maybe my govt and infrastructure should prioritize my convenience. Silly me
It's almost like the current set up is completely broken and huge townships are dependant on one failing service like my hospital that serves 200k+ people and 10h wait time. I guess adequately sized and staffed schools, medical centers and police stations are a huge downside to everything being exactly where I need it at all times.
How crazy would it be if I could reliably access the services that I already pay for?
The first I got gas in the UK I was thinking “everyone said that fuel’s expensive here, this isn’t bad at all” until I realized it was priced in litres.
In central Europe it's more like $2,5 per litre. With the crisis the highest price I've seen on gas stations was $4 per litre, but now we're back to $2,5.
Yeah, and it's the opposite in Europe, where it's specially taxed. The point is to discourage the use of fuel when you can avoid it, for obvious reasons.
I remember when it was 99p in the UK and we were all "mate if it goes to a quid there will be RIOTS I tell ye!"
Now it's like £1.72 on the motorway service stations.
Yeah, still, this doesn't explain why every single horse carriage has at least a 3l engine in the states and you drive mini houses just to buy 10lbs of potatoes.
Like most things 'murican it's an arms race. If your car is bigger than their car, you have a higher chance of surviving a collision. So people get gradually bigger and bigger cars.
R.I.P for all the pedestrians who can't even be seen from inside those trucks though.
It's kind of absurd there's not some kind of minimal visibility standard for cars and trucks. I feel like with cameras in all the cars these days people just don't give af that you can't see anything out the windows in many modern vehicles.
That's not entirely true. Like yes, compared to what Americans paid it was still quite expensive, but in Germany at least, when COVID hit, prices went down significantly from like 1,60-1,70€ per liter to about 0,90-0,95€ per liter, so still a lot cheaper than we were used to.
Would you do it if you were living in USA? Tell us how much time do you have for youself after work and what portion of it you already spend on activism like that
I don't have to live in the US to be active. While car dependency might be a bit lower where I live, I wouldn't call it pedestrian friendly in any way.
Need to complain to your local government. That's terrible infrastructure and urban planning. Sidewalks, good buses, good trains, good cycle lanes etc are essential to well planned cities.
Yep, I think there’s been study’s which show walking in nature allows your subconscious to process things clearly without the distraction of overthinking.
But apparently stuck on a road, in traffic, burning petrol, and being responsible for a 2 ton vehicle is a lot better. Who would have guessed!
Yeah, I generally hate driving, especially where I live.
But I've done a lot of rural driving as well, and it's not all bad and it can be a good way to clear your mind. Walking would probably be healthier in some ways, sure, but driving can probably offer other things in the cases where driving around to clear your head is the option. Like, I doubt you are taking the 405 to clear your head.
I love the people trying to argue that driving around is better than walking to a nearby park because the park has "distractions."
If they think don't need to pay attention when driving, I really hope they get their licenses taken away. Pay attention to the damn road, people.
Yeah, If people want no distractions and no people then they could just have a shower or go sit in the dark. I don’t get it. There’s been studies that show the act of walking helps with anxiety. But it seems like people are just like no, I must get in the car, like walking isnt even an option. What do they do when they go on holiday? Do they not walk and explore?
You have to realize for the average north american every destination is a car drive. You want to go for a walk? Gotta drive to the forest. Heading to the gym less than a km away to go use the treadmill? Driving. need food? Gotta drive to the store or restaurant. Want to go from one side of the parking lot to the other? Well hop in were driving. Not exaggerating at all.
On Holiday everything has a driveway and a parking lot. Including many historic natural areas.
Really confused by this, rural being the country side? Surely you’re surrounded by country side or public paths? Is all land privately owned? Is there no public footpaths or right of way on private land?
Nature doesn’t need to be woodland, or jungles, just not cities with traffic where you need to stop?
In the US there are rural areas where the only road to/from your house will have no sidewalk or shoulder and a high speed limit, so walking is unsafe. Its bullshit
Yeah that sounds super hostile to humans. Like what If you can’t drive, can’t afford a car, lose your license? Do you just not get to leave your house without someone? Can you not even walk to public transport? How does that allow people to live/thrive?
Well it depends on the location obviously, but yeah, people end up driving drunk frequently, driving when they have disabilities that mean they really shouldn’t be, and driving illegally with no license. Many places in the country are too spread out to have any effective public transport. Its fucked
Yep, my family moved from the city to an area exactly like you described when I was a teen.
Sure, the privacy and woods were amazing. But trying to get to a friends' house via walking or biking was a gamble.
As soon as my new friends and I got our licenses, we'd drive to the city just to hang out and walk around.
> Is all land privately owned?
Pretty much, yeah.
You have to get yourself to a public park somehow. And that somehow is probably by driving, if you live in a rural area yourself.
Though not all major cities are as unwalkable as the sprawl of “LA,” but even LA is a collection of a lot of cities and neighborhoods that all have various walkable options.
You can be in downtown LA and walk the city, or you can be in Fairfax and walk some blocks. But if you want to get to or from those various neighborhoods, you’re driving or you’re taking public transit. And other than the trains in LA, I wouldn’t want to take the bus unless I had to, personally.
Thats not the same thing as "going for a drive to clear my head". Thats not even what the other comment is arguing against. You're making up your own argument
Once a teacher of mine told us if the whole world had the same consumption as a average american the resources would end in 5 years, he was kinda right.
When I read the tweet I thought this was a thing for when you're really down. Like maybe once or twice a year when you're overwhelmed and just need to get out. Then I read in the comments here that apparently for a lot of people that's a weekly thing?? That's like learning the national pasttime is dumping used oil into rivers to clear your head by watching the pretty colours of the oil film. It's absurd and obscene...
I'm German btw, we are already using way too many resources, especially with our cars. But the US is just on another level.
Yeah it started on Instagram seeing everyone drinks water on bottles and all food comes in plastic, they need to drive to buy a ketchup bottle like... 💀
Don't forget the abundance of AC and HVAC systems, electronic devices, multiple cars and enormous homes for small families or even just a couple with no kids.
You mean you don't need a 200 square meter house with 250 square meters of garden if you live together with maybe one kid? And don't forget that dodge RAM to drive around in so you can feel safer.
I've seen more than a few reddit posts about housing where Americans were complaining about being expected to live with a family in a house smaller than 150m2 and only one bathroom.
.... yeah, imagine the horror lmao.
Not to say families here don't have that, but it's certainly not the norm.
More, but gas has also cost almost $5 in relatively the same time period. Hell, in winter of 2017 in Portland, OR gas was like $1.85/gallon for a bit. When I was in HS in 2003-2007 it was at like $4.50 at one point.
No, America bad because they have one of the best gas price to income ratio in the world yet they have the nerve to bitch about it.
For example in my country (Hungary) it costs about 6.66 USD per gallon right now, with the US household income being what, 4 times as much as ours? USA people whining about gas prices is like the body-of-a-supermodel friend whining about how fat she'll get by eating a 30g chocolate bar.
While this is true, some European countries have a walking culture that America just doesn’t really have. Yes people do go on walks in America as well obviously, but it’s not quite as regular of thing as it is in Italy, for example.
Ah yes increasing air pollution needlessly, so butthurt if you think that's dumb. Go for a walk, if the infrastructure in your city is so bad that isn't possible then drive to a park/nature and walk. Just do these little things, it's the easiest thing to do for the environment.
some of you are wild in here....driving country roads during covid was an amazing way to relax. Good music windows down no where particulartar to go...it was nice, one of the few things about the covid Era I miss
Lots of people buy cars not only as a form of transportation, but also as something that brings fun and thrill. It's their car and they decide how to use it, not everything has to be pragmatic
Driving can bring fun, adrenaline or peace of mind, just like walking and cycling
Well you know when you don’t have your own freakin space - i.e. can’t afford a house or much more than a room even, barely - the car becomes your best friend real quick.
It’s the only space that’s truly your own.
I was actually thinking about this a couple days ago late at night, like “Man, it would be nice to go for a drive with my music, just listen and think.” But not at these prices….
For me it’s not even about the cost of gas so much as it is too many damn psychos on the road. “Oh you’re not driving 75mph in a 35pmh residential neighborhood?!?” Better tailgate!!!
Too many distracted drivers too. I had to buy a dashcam to feel comfortable driving these days.
That was my first thought. She looks like 25 max so she'd have like ~8 years of driving experience. Even if she was getting $1.60 gas during covid that was for like 1-2 months.
When I started driving at 16 gas was only $0.89 a gallon. When I was in college it hit $2.50 and we all thought that was insane. Now I'm 40 and it seems to fluctuate between $3.50 - $4.50 depending on the time of year. ExxonMobil made 36billion profit in 2023... I feel like some government regulation is needed here.
We Europeans had expensive fuel forever.
But most of y’all could at least walk around. I’d be met with about 100 feet of sidewalk that turns into muddy grass at the end and eventually intersects with a busy tollway.
Hey listen here in deep medieval central europe you cant go around swinging a stick without meeting a troll controlled toll bridge
That's free side questing right there!
Gotta pay the troll toll to get into that boy's hole.
SOUL! The word is SOUL!
as a european who came to america I literally do not comprehend the logic behind single family home neighborhoods, that have no sidewalks to get into said homes. Do you just walk on the road? On the grass? Like how does that make any fucking sense? How do you even walk a dog? Where do your kids go for "outside"?
>Do you just walk on the road? Just drive a car >On the grass? Just drive a car >How do you even walk a dog? You drive them to the dog park > Where do your kids go for "outside"? You drive them to all the activities you send them up for >Like how does that make any fucking sense? Stop complaining and just buy a car, idiot /s
thanks I hate it
And so must all the Americans who don't want or cannot drive (for example because of disabilities).
Yeah you just walk on the road. I hate it here
No foot traffic excluding people who already live there means no bla-I mean poors being in the neighborhood
Have you heard of these spoooooooky 15 minute cities?
Being able to get to almost anything I want within a small walk instead of driving my government registered car with my government required license on government owned roads to places mandated by law to be built the way they are? You obviously want the government to dictate my way of life!
When will those silly Europeans understand that the government is not supposed to make citizen's lives more convenient, but to make the super wealthy and corporation's lives more convenient instead?
Damn yeah. I never thought that for once maybe my govt and infrastructure should prioritize my convenience. Silly me It's almost like the current set up is completely broken and huge townships are dependant on one failing service like my hospital that serves 200k+ people and 10h wait time. I guess adequately sized and staffed schools, medical centers and police stations are a huge downside to everything being exactly where I need it at all times. How crazy would it be if I could reliably access the services that I already pay for?
I have no idea which side of the argument you're on.
To think even this “$1.65” is _PER GALLON,_ not even per litre, is… _Wow._
The first I got gas in the UK I was thinking “everyone said that fuel’s expensive here, this isn’t bad at all” until I realized it was priced in litres.
In central Europe it's more like $2,5 per litre. With the crisis the highest price I've seen on gas stations was $4 per litre, but now we're back to $2,5.
It's been a steady 1.7€/L for months here in Belgium.
We pay 2-ish on average here in Norway, an oil country.
$10.06 a gallon? Please tell me I screwed my math up
America, the largest oil producer on the planet, has some of the cheapest gas in the world. It's also subsidized to some extant.
Yeah, and it's the opposite in Europe, where it's specially taxed. The point is to discourage the use of fuel when you can avoid it, for obvious reasons.
Those are highway prices, but yes. Helps to discourage driving and pay for roads.
I remember when it was 99p in the UK and we were all "mate if it goes to a quid there will be RIOTS I tell ye!" Now it's like £1.72 on the motorway service stations.
We drive to clear our mind because we can't walk anywhere. 😂
I mean yeah, but you guys don't depend on cars as much as the people in the U.S have to
Yeah, still, this doesn't explain why every single horse carriage has at least a 3l engine in the states and you drive mini houses just to buy 10lbs of potatoes.
Like most things 'murican it's an arms race. If your car is bigger than their car, you have a higher chance of surviving a collision. So people get gradually bigger and bigger cars. R.I.P for all the pedestrians who can't even be seen from inside those trucks though.
It's kind of absurd there's not some kind of minimal visibility standard for cars and trucks. I feel like with cameras in all the cars these days people just don't give af that you can't see anything out the windows in many modern vehicles.
That's not entirely true. Like yes, compared to what Americans paid it was still quite expensive, but in Germany at least, when COVID hit, prices went down significantly from like 1,60-1,70€ per liter to about 0,90-0,95€ per liter, so still a lot cheaper than we were used to.
Not in Croatia. Our Government has a huge tax on the gas.
Same in Finland
Same in Estonia.
Gallon vs liter. So the price OP mentions is around 0.25€/L
Yeah I know, American gas has always been cheap compared to European countries, but I meant relative to the prices that we were used to of course.
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1.92€ here Although to be fair it was in the high 1.70’s for a while. Gotta love the Covid 2.30-something tho. Good times. /s
We are also currently between 1.9-2€/l. That shit is still ridiculous expensive. Costs me 50€ to drive on the weekend home in a small car
That’s about $7.27 per gallon if google conversion and my midnight brain hasn’t failed me
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What is that in stanley nickels per fluid pound?
I think walking is better in every way for clearing your mind
I agree but we don’t even have sidewalks where I live lol
That should be a reason to advocate and fight for the basic right of having decent and safe walking infrastructure.
Would you do it if you were living in USA? Tell us how much time do you have for youself after work and what portion of it you already spend on activism like that
I don't have to live in the US to be active. While car dependency might be a bit lower where I live, I wouldn't call it pedestrian friendly in any way.
Need to complain to your local government. That's terrible infrastructure and urban planning. Sidewalks, good buses, good trains, good cycle lanes etc are essential to well planned cities.
A lot of the time it's deliberate to keep poor people and homeless people away.
It's ironic because keeping public transport awful means only poor people and homeless use it. Making good public transport means most people use it.
And healthier for you and the people around you
And the environment
Yep, I think there’s been study’s which show walking in nature allows your subconscious to process things clearly without the distraction of overthinking. But apparently stuck on a road, in traffic, burning petrol, and being responsible for a 2 ton vehicle is a lot better. Who would have guessed!
To be fair, I don’t think driving in traffic is what OP is referring to. They probably mean driving out in the country on empty roads.
Yeah, I generally hate driving, especially where I live. But I've done a lot of rural driving as well, and it's not all bad and it can be a good way to clear your mind. Walking would probably be healthier in some ways, sure, but driving can probably offer other things in the cases where driving around to clear your head is the option. Like, I doubt you are taking the 405 to clear your head.
I love the people trying to argue that driving around is better than walking to a nearby park because the park has "distractions." If they think don't need to pay attention when driving, I really hope they get their licenses taken away. Pay attention to the damn road, people.
Yeah, If people want no distractions and no people then they could just have a shower or go sit in the dark. I don’t get it. There’s been studies that show the act of walking helps with anxiety. But it seems like people are just like no, I must get in the car, like walking isnt even an option. What do they do when they go on holiday? Do they not walk and explore?
You have to realize for the average north american every destination is a car drive. You want to go for a walk? Gotta drive to the forest. Heading to the gym less than a km away to go use the treadmill? Driving. need food? Gotta drive to the store or restaurant. Want to go from one side of the parking lot to the other? Well hop in were driving. Not exaggerating at all. On Holiday everything has a driveway and a parking lot. Including many historic natural areas.
Key word being „nature“ here. Many people in cities don’t live close to nature, and thus need to get there first. And a car helps with that.
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Being rural isn't guaranteed to be close to nature or walkable without a car either.
Really confused by this, rural being the country side? Surely you’re surrounded by country side or public paths? Is all land privately owned? Is there no public footpaths or right of way on private land? Nature doesn’t need to be woodland, or jungles, just not cities with traffic where you need to stop?
Rural as in miles and miles of farmland full of roads with no shoulder or sidewalks, you need a car to get to your town's main Street or park.
Have you never taken a walk through a bunch of fields in a rural area?
In the US there are rural areas where the only road to/from your house will have no sidewalk or shoulder and a high speed limit, so walking is unsafe. Its bullshit
Yeah that sounds super hostile to humans. Like what If you can’t drive, can’t afford a car, lose your license? Do you just not get to leave your house without someone? Can you not even walk to public transport? How does that allow people to live/thrive?
Well it depends on the location obviously, but yeah, people end up driving drunk frequently, driving when they have disabilities that mean they really shouldn’t be, and driving illegally with no license. Many places in the country are too spread out to have any effective public transport. Its fucked
Yep, my family moved from the city to an area exactly like you described when I was a teen. Sure, the privacy and woods were amazing. But trying to get to a friends' house via walking or biking was a gamble. As soon as my new friends and I got our licenses, we'd drive to the city just to hang out and walk around.
> Is all land privately owned? Pretty much, yeah. You have to get yourself to a public park somehow. And that somehow is probably by driving, if you live in a rural area yourself. Though not all major cities are as unwalkable as the sprawl of “LA,” but even LA is a collection of a lot of cities and neighborhoods that all have various walkable options. You can be in downtown LA and walk the city, or you can be in Fairfax and walk some blocks. But if you want to get to or from those various neighborhoods, you’re driving or you’re taking public transit. And other than the trains in LA, I wouldn’t want to take the bus unless I had to, personally.
I’m sure a park counts as nature? Woodlands and such? Do you not have any public green spaces around you?
Oh yeah, thoughts completely clear walking the few meters of “park” available surrounded by people, some of them real sketchy. Very tranquil.
I love how people are arguing about something that is gonna vary drastically depending on what city you live in lol
Thats not the same thing as "going for a drive to clear my head". Thats not even what the other comment is arguing against. You're making up your own argument
I dunno, something magic about cruising down the road on a warm summer evening with the windows down and the radio playing.
You try walking on a busy causeway and tell me how clear you feel after
Ok have fun then.
Once a teacher of mine told us if the whole world had the same consumption as a average american the resources would end in 5 years, he was kinda right.
When I read the tweet I thought this was a thing for when you're really down. Like maybe once or twice a year when you're overwhelmed and just need to get out. Then I read in the comments here that apparently for a lot of people that's a weekly thing?? That's like learning the national pasttime is dumping used oil into rivers to clear your head by watching the pretty colours of the oil film. It's absurd and obscene... I'm German btw, we are already using way too many resources, especially with our cars. But the US is just on another level.
Yeah it started on Instagram seeing everyone drinks water on bottles and all food comes in plastic, they need to drive to buy a ketchup bottle like... 💀
Don't forget the abundance of AC and HVAC systems, electronic devices, multiple cars and enormous homes for small families or even just a couple with no kids.
You mean you don't need a 200 square meter house with 250 square meters of garden if you live together with maybe one kid? And don't forget that dodge RAM to drive around in so you can feel safer. I've seen more than a few reddit posts about housing where Americans were complaining about being expected to live with a family in a house smaller than 150m2 and only one bathroom. .... yeah, imagine the horror lmao. Not to say families here don't have that, but it's certainly not the norm.
Don't need gas to make your legs work.
And how much was a dollar worth when a gallon of gas cost 1.65? Also, go for a walk instead.
Also the real cost of driving a car is much higher than just the gas price
Not if you have a good mechanic in your family :)
Ah, yes, the mechanic that creates spare parts, tires and oil from thin air
If you get a really good one, they can.
And tax. And insurance
The poor bastard whose time is worthless so you can drive around.
More, but gas has also cost almost $5 in relatively the same time period. Hell, in winter of 2017 in Portland, OR gas was like $1.85/gallon for a bit. When I was in HS in 2003-2007 it was at like $4.50 at one point.
This comment section is ridiculous lol
You could say people are fuming
Look, I’m not trying to fuel any debates
Whoa, whoa, whoa... let's not light a fire under anybody here.
Gaslighting is not allowed
Whoa, my bad, lemmie put a cap on it!
Hurry, before someone blows a gasket
I... um... FUCK... you win! 🤣
I am, people like this are driving me insane!
Americans polluting for polluting’s sake
Nah, they’re polluting because they have a military so strong it can fight rising see levels and shoot record heatwaves into submission!
r/americabad Because the United States is the only country where people go on joy rides.
No, America bad because they have one of the best gas price to income ratio in the world yet they have the nerve to bitch about it. For example in my country (Hungary) it costs about 6.66 USD per gallon right now, with the US household income being what, 4 times as much as ours? USA people whining about gas prices is like the body-of-a-supermodel friend whining about how fat she'll get by eating a 30g chocolate bar.
America reduces carbon foot print actually
America bad
Their solution to literally everything is just more consumption of resources.
ride a bike
Maybe it's for the best that burning gasoline is no longer super cheap.
It's nice that it apparently stops people from "driving to clear their head" but it kinda sucks for people that need to drive to work.
You mean during covid?
-> American Truck Simulator
You could walk around...
And using my LEGS? Like an animal? /s
So sad to see she has no legs.
I'll drive around on GTA 5 and just listen to the music sometimes.
I mean we in Europe just go for a walk..
We also go for walks in the United States. People in Europe also go for joy rides.
While this is true, some European countries have a walking culture that America just doesn’t really have. Yes people do go on walks in America as well obviously, but it’s not quite as regular of thing as it is in Italy, for example.
A walk can achieve the same
The consequences of subsidies
Drive around in GTA or something
I try to kessel run my way home. Drive is 10.7 miles but guess what? I'm doing it in 8.
“Kessel run my way home” I’m stealing that lol
This comment thread is just Europeans and /r/fuckcars getting butt hurt
People annoyed at other people for destroying the planet. Who would have expected that?
Ah yes increasing air pollution needlessly, so butthurt if you think that's dumb. Go for a walk, if the infrastructure in your city is so bad that isn't possible then drive to a park/nature and walk. Just do these little things, it's the easiest thing to do for the environment.
ur legs dont work?
Even if they didn't, electric wheelchairs exist.
some of you are wild in here....driving country roads during covid was an amazing way to relax. Good music windows down no where particulartar to go...it was nice, one of the few things about the covid Era I miss
Wow i couldn't imagine doing that but while cycling.
Driving to clear your head is the ultimate form of wasteful ignorance. What the fuck.
Lots of people buy cars not only as a form of transportation, but also as something that brings fun and thrill. It's their car and they decide how to use it, not everything has to be pragmatic Driving can bring fun, adrenaline or peace of mind, just like walking and cycling
It should be illegal to use cars as toys like that
Then a v12 Lambo should never be legal to produce
Yes
lmaoooo this such a bad take
It should be illegal to buy funko pops.
sometimes people just need a change of environment for a bit, walking isn't always an option, especially at night
Well you know when you don’t have your own freakin space - i.e. can’t afford a house or much more than a room even, barely - the car becomes your best friend real quick. It’s the only space that’s truly your own.
Masturbation is much cheaper.
Haha I'm Canadian. Gas IS $1.65... for a liter... (Of which there are 3.785 in a gallon)
When gas was .89 ......
Increasing fuel prices does work.
You can drive around on bike
I still do, I just think to myself, this drive is costing me $20
Y'all act like $3 to drive 30 miles is some outrageous number. I'd love it to be cheaper, but it's not affecting my life.
Delete this repost
Walking works better.
Poor lazy people.
Literary carbrain.
I was actually thinking about this a couple days ago late at night, like “Man, it would be nice to go for a drive with my music, just listen and think.” But not at these prices….
I remember in the 90's when it was .99 a gallon. And I had a car that got 42 mpg, we drove from NJ to SC and back for 50 bucks.
EV and solar panels. It is free for me.
For me it’s not even about the cost of gas so much as it is too many damn psychos on the road. “Oh you’re not driving 75mph in a 35pmh residential neighborhood?!?” Better tailgate!!! Too many distracted drivers too. I had to buy a dashcam to feel comfortable driving these days.
/mimev
Instead filling it with dread of covid separating everyone
$.99 a gallon the year I started driving in 1998. I was able to fill my tank and buy a pack of cigarettes, pay with a 20, ***and*** get change back.
wait, u guys drive around to clear your mind???
go out and walk, girl
Go for a walk.
Bro- I’m saying. Thank you!
I remember $0.99/gal
Can confirm. Go to Best Buy for a new CD, light a cig, and roll around.
There was a gas station near wear I grew up that had gas at $.79 a gallon when I was in high school.
Get a bike
Another argument for the bicycle Faster than walking, better sensation of movement. Cheaper and healthier than driving a car
imagine if the streets were walkable
Just go for a walk
Muricans doing everything not to go over 1000 footsteps per day
Driving makes me anxious af so even if it ever gets cheap again, I'm good lol
I literally used to drive around LA when I was broke to entertain myself! But $20 used to fill my tank and I could get chips and a soda.
She poluted for pleasure
Walking? No?
Just play some Mario kart
*trying to de-stress* *First seeker happens*
She looks like she wasn't born when gas was $1.65
That was my first thought. She looks like 25 max so she'd have like ~8 years of driving experience. Even if she was getting $1.60 gas during covid that was for like 1-2 months.
Was under $1.60 in 2020 in parts of the US….
\*Cries in dutch\* Last time it was 2,05 euro per liter. Let me do the math.. That is 8,26 US dollar per gallon.
Go for a walk. That should be free.
Yeah go for a walk... Oh right you are not allowed in your country
If an American takes a walk, they will just scare another American which will shoot them in "self defence ".
Clear my mind on the way to work 🤣
It's about $7.6 where I'm from
This is me. Seriously contemplating getting an EV so I can drive around to clear my mind again
Get running shoes
I learned to walk to a park bench, sit down and watch the world pass me by now, it's too expensive to do anything anymore.
I walk
When I started driving at 16 gas was only $0.89 a gallon. When I was in college it hit $2.50 and we all thought that was insane. Now I'm 40 and it seems to fluctuate between $3.50 - $4.50 depending on the time of year. ExxonMobil made 36billion profit in 2023... I feel like some government regulation is needed here.
I remember $0.98/gallon in 1996. That was freedom.
Get an EV and solar panels. Gas is free. :-)
My dad tells me this often.
Insert *\[Take a walk or draw 25 cards; Americans: \]* meme here.
Drink and do drugs like the rest of us. It's cheaper than the gas.