tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768595982674020804.post8134907525401875705..comments2022-04-09T22:43:12.613-07:00Comments on The gods are what has failed to become of us: Under the Pavement, the StarsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01297517015430155784noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768595982674020804.post-71306767935200740602013-07-18T07:39:46.766-07:002013-07-18T07:39:46.766-07:00I have had quite a mix of feelings about the Autom...I have had quite a mix of feelings about the Automobile, personally. <br /><br />I remember working my ass off all summer when I was 15, such that I could afford a car when I was 16. And that car was freedom. Not just a metaphor. It meant that I could go out on dates, drive into McAllen to find the one gay bar in the Region, drive to school instead of being driven by my parents, and drive to find better paying work. <br /><br />I've lost many friends to drunk driving, and I've had some hard conversations with myself. If I live in a major city, I shouldn't drive a car. Driving a car is bad for the environment, bad for myself, bad for the city, etc. etc. I should be using public transit or walking.<br /><br />And yet, that means, on average an additional 30 minutes of waiting to get somewhere, because I am not a person for which Seattle Roads are designed. They are built so that people in cars can quickly get to and fro, and pedestrians and public transit riders are left to whatever crumbs fall from the masters' table. <br /><br />What will Seattle look like without oil? Without a plentiful fuel that enables people to drive to and fro across the lake with impunity? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768595982674020804.post-34269960507701939262013-07-15T05:32:36.219-07:002013-07-15T05:32:36.219-07:00Thank you for sharing this.Thank you for sharing this.Karen P. Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18068779483231545811noreply@blogger.com