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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People who hate cars don’t seem to realize that they’re in the extreme minority.

The vast majority of people in DC have cars. And most people who don’t have cars don’t have them for non-car-hating reasons.

The only people who seem to hate cars are a very small number of young, able-bodied white people with apparently minimal responsibilities who want to impose their views on everyone else.[/quote]

Why do people think that residents who want more safe places for all to walk, bike, play, etc hate cars?  I own a car, I use it, I don't hate cars.  But I also think that there is wayyyy too much space dedicated to cars and that slow streets (while very far from perfect) is a good start in the direction of reallocating some of the space to other uses.  [/quote]

Honestly some of these comments come from people who seem to identify so strongly with their cars that if they turned out to be from cars that had achieved limited sentience and started posting of their own accord there'd be no way to tell.

I drive. I don't need every single space everywhere to be open to my driving. It's not hard to share the road, including by having roads I'm not allowed to drive on at all. It's crazy that so many drivers can't see this.[/quote]

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