Going out requires a car. Money to park a car, money for the event itself, money for drinks, money for games, money for food. THEN you can have fun. If you’re broke too bad.
There isn’t anywhere to walk (safely) in my city. We don’t even have a park. Never mind a severe lack of sidewalks. This city was founded in the 60s and the car-brain really shows in its planning :/
My mil lives in a town that you need a car to get everywhere. They’ve got beautiful woods tho. The hiking is gorgeous. She’s just too decrepit to take advantage of it
This is something my friend group does. We’re lucky to have some good parks and walking trails nearby and we just put in some good shoes and walk around. It’s good to catch up with them and we tend to run into the occasional deer or bunny or dogs on walks
America used to be wealthy, and developed a culture that expected that. Then more and more of the wealth was funneled into fewer and fewer hands. If America had maintained and grew its distributive structures, the impacts would still be a problem but the basic elements of survival wouldn’t feel so difficult to obtain.
Going out requires a car. Money to park a car, money for the event itself, money for drinks, money for games, money for food. THEN you can have fun. If you’re broke too bad.
And then you actually have people being upvoted on here saying that they should be expensive because “they are a luxury”.
walks are free though.
In 100F weather? No thanks.
Assuming you live somewhere with sidewalks.
even without sidewalks walking is free
Sure, but there are places where it’s just not safe to walk.
There isn’t anywhere to walk (safely) in my city. We don’t even have a park. Never mind a severe lack of sidewalks. This city was founded in the 60s and the car-brain really shows in its planning :/
Sorry to hear :(
My mil lives in a town that you need a car to get everywhere. They’ve got beautiful woods tho. The hiking is gorgeous. She’s just too decrepit to take advantage of it
This is something my friend group does. We’re lucky to have some good parks and walking trails nearby and we just put in some good shoes and walk around. It’s good to catch up with them and we tend to run into the occasional deer or bunny or dogs on walks
Good for you and your friend group! This is the way.
Yeah, there’s a place I wanted to go last night, but not only is it a two hour round trip, I have to pay for gas and mileage. So I stayed home.
We’ve really fucked ourselves as a society, building infrastructure that requires everyone to be wealthy.
America used to be wealthy, and developed a culture that expected that. Then more and more of the wealth was funneled into fewer and fewer hands. If America had maintained and grew its distributive structures, the impacts would still be a problem but the basic elements of survival wouldn’t feel so difficult to obtain.
You bet. We are like the moose covered in ticks. Ever sector of the economy has been parasitized by oligopoly.
The cost of the goods and services has increased faster than salaries, as elsewhere in the economy.