In a message dated 3/9/00 4:04:09 PM Central Standard Time,
vandergraaft@aecl.ca writes:
<< Let's be realistic: public transport in the West is terrible because 1)
land
is (was) cheap and 2) gasoline was cheap. Comparing the price of gas to that
of soft drink is just that, a comparison between apples and oranges. Public
transport is only viable if the population density is high enough and people
can be "coerced" into using public transport. Unless we are forced to, we
don't want to be squeezed closer together and put up with postage-sized lots
with grass that can be cut with scissors rather than with riding lawn
mowers. >>
I think more realistically that there are many Westerners that have no wish
to be at the tender mercies of "public" transport. This is also a reason
they do not wish to live in high density places. For those who wish to be
commuters and cogs in the scheme of things, let them. Let them feel superior
who do the politically correct things but for some of us I wish for the
market to be free of government. Why would you cut the grass when the Lord
made critters to take care of that?
Harris
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