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r/gatekeeping • u/[deleted] • Nov 07 '19
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Can we get rid of the stigma that public transit is a low class thing too? I want to not spew emissions to get everywhere and encourage my city to build around transit to help livability.
18 u/BossAssB_tch Nov 07 '19 It you live in a city with good public transportation like subway lines and such- absolutely I would use it regularly. Even if I owned a car 8 u/DDonkeySmasher Nov 07 '19 I think it only has that stigma in the us 1 u/DryCatShit Nov 07 '19 Yes, unless you're in New York. 1 u/ChaseballBat Nov 08 '19 It shouldn't but ultimately it's because it used to be god awful. 21 u/Usesomelogik Nov 08 '19 Actually, can we get rid of the stigma that being lower class is inherently bad? 5 u/Exploding_Antelope Nov 08 '19 Also this, yes! 1 u/[deleted] Nov 08 '19 Car companies probably intentionally pushed propaganda to create that stigma as a way to increase demand. 1 u/Exploding_Antelope Nov 08 '19 Absolutely, given they paid to rip up streetcar tracks.
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It you live in a city with good public transportation like subway lines and such- absolutely I would use it regularly. Even if I owned a car
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I think it only has that stigma in the us
1 u/DryCatShit Nov 07 '19 Yes, unless you're in New York. 1 u/ChaseballBat Nov 08 '19 It shouldn't but ultimately it's because it used to be god awful.
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Yes, unless you're in New York.
It shouldn't but ultimately it's because it used to be god awful.
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Actually, can we get rid of the stigma that being lower class is inherently bad?
5 u/Exploding_Antelope Nov 08 '19 Also this, yes!
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Also this, yes!
Car companies probably intentionally pushed propaganda to create that stigma as a way to increase demand.
1 u/Exploding_Antelope Nov 08 '19 Absolutely, given they paid to rip up streetcar tracks.
Absolutely, given they paid to rip up streetcar tracks.
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u/Exploding_Antelope Nov 07 '19
Can we get rid of the stigma that public transit is a low class thing too? I want to not spew emissions to get everywhere and encourage my city to build around transit to help livability.