THIN BLUE LINE BAD APPLES ETC. ETC.

I think the idea of a high fuel tax would be to use that money to offset the cost of EV adoption through direct subsidy.

well, I sort of agree: it should be a Carbon tax, so everything that potentially emits CO2 upon combustion should be taxed based on the emissions of CO2.

Spelled “TRX” for Troglodyte Reactionary eXtremist.

The mental disorder is called “Conservative American.” 

You don’t have to, older small towns can be extremely walkable.

I was going to nominate the TourX and the Flex, but it seems everyone is on the same wavelength here.

Exactly: Seattle conurbation liberals: mass transit! healthcare! lip service equity! set aside land for environmental stuff (NOT IN MY SUBURB OMG).

This means is that only someone on drugs would want to drive a truck.

I’ve lived in cities and in rural towns. The crime rate is about the same, the run like shit is worse in the small towns, and I like walking places where there’s sidewalks and places to go and I’m not liable to get buzzed by a logging truck going 70 in a 50 downhill.

Why go once a week when you can grab a few things at your corner store on your way home? Need more stuff? Have them deliver it to you! This is what people did before everyone had cars, even in rural areas. It was a lot easier for a grocer to have a truck or a couple of bikes and some teenagers and deliver the order to…

Yeah, that’s what people did in the before times. You know what else they did? had grocery delivery. You’d go to the grocery store, put in your order, and then get this: The store would then deliver your order to you!

Tern GSD or HSD, end of discussion. ($$)

Yeah, I lived in a small town between Portland and Seattle for a couple of years, I know the type. The same type that thinks that digital electric meters cause cancer and that COVID vaccines have 5g chips inside, and they hate the cities. The problem being that rural poverty is endemic and the same policies that the…

Well, one person, one vote means when you’re a minority you gotta make allies or quit.

Dunno, I lived in a small town, was three blocks away from the bar, store, downtown and such, walked all the time, and it was fine, except the usual problems of “not from here” and politics. Now I’m in a much larger city that went through the usual unplanned suburban sprawl and I miss the small town’s walkability. I…

Exactly, and this is why I see most of the truckers in the PNW are immigrants on the first rung of the american ladder or are owner operators who do specialized jobs like logging trucks, tankers, ag, and dump trucks.

UGH, I’m fucking living this RIGHT NOW.

Yard Sale!

I’ve had some really terrible/absurd/dangerous routing through waze, enough so I just switched to google maps and never looked back.