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this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2023
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Being an American, I see a winding mountain road and think about how much fun it would be. Then again, my parents bought me a $1500 shitbox when I turned 16 in exchange for me giving my sister a ride to all our after-school activities.
And I have this weird phobia about taking public transit where they'll leave without me and I'll be stranded with no way to get home. Planes, trains, busses, heck even monorails I have to be way, way early because I'm terrified of missing them. And if I have to make a connecting stop I'm even more anxious because they'll also just leave without me.
you just need transit that's frequent enough that you stop caring! metros in cities are great example, no one checks the schedule, it is basically always available within a few minutes.
That would fix ground transportation but it's kinda hard to have a plane show up every few minutes. That's the most anxiety-producing mode of transportation for me, and it has nothing to do with accidents and everything to do with nobody but me caring if I make it to where I want to go, and me being completely powerless.
I would much rather drive cross country than fly, and would prefer a week on a ship to eight hours on a plane.