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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Uber is a shitty concept. Especially for teens. I get that the convenience is a new innovation for the suburbs, but a regulated public agency is the better way to go. Cities have been doing this forever.

[b]If you choose to live in the suburbs, then you are deciding that you are willing to drive your kids around. If you don’t want that, move to the city. [/b][/quote]

The US really is a dystopian hell-scape.[/quote]

Not sure what makes you say this as a response to this post. The poster is right. [b]How do you think people do it in other countries, did it before Uber...?[/b] [/quote]

You can’t be serious.  Other countries that aren’t completely and utterly beholden to the auto industry use a combination of reliable public transportation (busses, trains, subways, trams), safe walking paths, and safe biking paths.  Even outside of major cities![/quote]

I'm not from the US actually which is why I posted this. Yes, large cities are well-equipped. It's not the case if you live anywhere else. As someone from a rural area outside of a small town, I went nowhere as a teen unless my parents could take me. The small town only had buses (as most small towns do) and those required such long waits walking was better. But then again I had to be driven to that small town, or walk 1.5 hour to get there.[/quote]

Fair enough, but allow me to point out that US suburbs are DECIDEDLY NOT “rural”, particularly suburbs of major cities such as anything in the Washington DC area.  There is zero reason why we can’t have infrastructure for people (including teens and kids) to get around efficiently without using cars.[/quote]

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