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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
"We".
Sure, I want cheap reliable transit. Someone living in Aspen Estates driving downtown in an F150 Platinum with a company-paid heated parking stall doesn't give a crap about cheap reliable transit, it doesn't even register to them.
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But you can’t optimize for what
you want.
Society as a whole is better off with cheap reliable transit. Low income people don’t need to divert a large amount of their funds to private vehicle ownership. They spend more time with their kids, helping them with their homework or sports. That leads to more opportunities for those kids. That drops crime rates, increases GDP etc.
Making decisions based purely on things that align closely to our immediate interests will not solve things like the opioid epidemic and related crime.
It’s totally fine that someone wants to drive an F150 from Aspen to downtown, but those choices need associated costs and trade offs that serve society as a whole.
Many in Asia want a house with a yard too, with all else equal, but they know it’s not likely, because it takes significant wealth or other life trade offs to achieve that in the way their society operates.