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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. OP clearly struck a few nerves on this thread.

I don't drive an SUV and rarely struggle for space in our car. Serious question for the SUV drivers here: why do you feel it's so much more convenient than a regular car?[/quote]

It’s obviously an identity thing judging by the defensive responses. This is why they look the same and dress the same etc. They are virtue signaling that they aren’t DC liberal environmentalists.  [/quote]

Sure, but in 2023 one can't seriously be surprised that they would be judged for driving an SUV?

Based on the numbers I've seen, fertility and birth rates are possibly as low as they've ever been in the US. So why have SUV sales rates continued to grow? I think they're over 50% of the market. Perhaps you hit the nail on the head about identity.[/quote]

This is why I find the defensiveness on this thread hilarious. A lot of people are like "SUVs have gotten so common, how dare you judge anyone for having one?" But have you stopped to ask WHY they are so common now, when they were not back in the 80s or 90s? So it's weird to argue they are necessary for families. I come from a family of 6, and we never had an SUV growing up. I do remember my parents discussing maybe getting a Suburban at some point because our family was large and there were some people in town who had them and liked them. But my mom said it felt too much like driving a truck to her, and that she wouldn't feel comfortable parking it. We had a minivan for a while and then switched to a station wagon when the oldest went to college.

I only had one kid and I can't imagine getting an SUV. I'd honestly feel guilty about it because it's so much more car than we'd ever need. I actually love station wagons. They are practical and many station wagons have really great visibility (much better than a sedan) plus the back of a wagon is pretty much as much storage capacity as a family of three is ever going to need -- if we've filled it up, we've overpacked.

I have friends who have SUVs and I don't sit around thinking negative things about them, but I do think it's odd generally that as families have gotten smaller and we've become more aware of how awful climate change is, that SUVs have become more popular, not less. I get of course that some peopel have large families and need space, I'm not judging anyone. But there are probably a lot of people who could get away with a smaller car and choose not to, and I do wonder why that is when we're all so increasingly aware of climate change concerns. It seems backwards.

But eh, really what we should all be doing is driving as little as possible and embracing public transportation, and investing our infrastructure dollars into rail instead of widening highways. The environmental benefits of a small car over a large one are pretty minimal on an individual level, but if significant portions of the population gave up a driving commute for public transportation, or committed to traveling by bus or rail instead of cars and planes for at least one vacation a year, it would have a much bigger impact, with the added benefit of reducing traffic congestion, traffic noise, parking issues, etc.[/quote]

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