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Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

A researcher asked 10 people to go car-free for 20 days. None wanted to continue

www.brisbanetimes.com.au

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A researcher asked 10 people to go car-free for 20 days. None wanted to continue

www.brisbanetimes.com.au

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Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Despite saving hundreds of dollars and even making new friends, none of the people who agreed to ditch their car for this Brisbane experiment wanted to go car-free permanently. This is why.

Article about an experiment from Brisbane, Australia.

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Los Angeles was founded in 1781. They didn’t have cars then.
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  Then how did they get on the 10?
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    Same way they do now. You just don’t.
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  They did, just not with engines.

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