No way, I couldn't live without a car for a year
So I have to admit that I flipped through a few of the prompts available before I settled on this one. I don't know, they just didn't strike my fancy... or perhaps I was too chicken to take them on... but being that I like to think of myself as a great thinker, I am going to of course settle on the first option... no strikey the fancy... because the second option... well...we just won't go there now will we... grins.
Alright, could I live without a car for a year? Where I live currently... no way in hell. Everything has spread out so much that not having a car just isn't an option. Let's forget the fact that I live exactly 35 miles from my place of work... actually let's not forget it. I could have moved to be near where I work, but that would have put me miles away from stores. And well... last time I checked 8 year olds actually like to eat.
You know they keep talking about needing to cut back on waste and find better alternatives to the pollution spewing gasoline engine. The thing is, we would be much better off both pollution wise and health wise if we would just stop spreading shit out all over the place.
Slaps my bum... yes... it does... in fact...have too much junk in the trunk. It could do with a bit more walking. However, we as a society have forgotten the virtues of actually building stores and neighborhoods in a neighborhood fashion. Instead we seem to ask ourselves... how can I build this city in such a way as to encourage fatassitis and smogiliciousness? We no longer build houses and apartments near a store with the idea that it will reduce emissions and reduce our waistlines.
Instead... I believe the gasoline companies and the textile mills (work with me here) have come into cahoots... paying off city planners everywhere to plot out cities in such a way that increases the need for both gasoline and fabric to cover our ever expanding asses. Oh I am sure if I thought about it long enough, I could come up with a long list of products and services that are probably contributing to the whole concept.
You know, I would love to be able to say that I could live without my car, but at this point in time, nope. There may come a time when things start pulling back into more of a neighborhood set up and we find that our cars become less necessary again... but for now... it sits outside my door... waiting to cart me to work in the morning, as 35 miles... well that just ain't happening.
Alright, could I live without a car for a year? Where I live currently... no way in hell. Everything has spread out so much that not having a car just isn't an option. Let's forget the fact that I live exactly 35 miles from my place of work... actually let's not forget it. I could have moved to be near where I work, but that would have put me miles away from stores. And well... last time I checked 8 year olds actually like to eat.
You know they keep talking about needing to cut back on waste and find better alternatives to the pollution spewing gasoline engine. The thing is, we would be much better off both pollution wise and health wise if we would just stop spreading shit out all over the place.
Slaps my bum... yes... it does... in fact...have too much junk in the trunk. It could do with a bit more walking. However, we as a society have forgotten the virtues of actually building stores and neighborhoods in a neighborhood fashion. Instead we seem to ask ourselves... how can I build this city in such a way as to encourage fatassitis and smogiliciousness? We no longer build houses and apartments near a store with the idea that it will reduce emissions and reduce our waistlines.
Instead... I believe the gasoline companies and the textile mills (work with me here) have come into cahoots... paying off city planners everywhere to plot out cities in such a way that increases the need for both gasoline and fabric to cover our ever expanding asses. Oh I am sure if I thought about it long enough, I could come up with a long list of products and services that are probably contributing to the whole concept.
You know, I would love to be able to say that I could live without my car, but at this point in time, nope. There may come a time when things start pulling back into more of a neighborhood set up and we find that our cars become less necessary again... but for now... it sits outside my door... waiting to cart me to work in the morning, as 35 miles... well that just ain't happening.
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