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i live in SF and own a car (none / 0) (#47)
by boredmpa on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 04:26:35 AM EST
Why? Because I am under/unemployed.

Why would an under/unemployed person own a car?  

Because they need it for potential work, because they've used it for actual work, and because they sure as hell don't have the credit to replace it if they sell it (because then they can't get a low paid job out of the city as a stepping stone).

I'm not a loser, I'm f'n poor and in a position where the risk analysis has been pretty f'n complicated.  How complicated? If I sell my car it'll be because either a) I get a well paying job at the GAO or SFO or b) because I need to pay for dental work before I join the peace corps or c) i end up doing underpaid research work and have to pay for dental.

So please check your classism at the door.

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FWIW (none / 0) (#94)
by Edgar08 on Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 11:55:31 AM EST
I was hoping that the sentence that would have jumped out a the reader was this one:

Boy oh boy, I was a different person back then.

I was hoping my more recent comments on this blog combined with the hyperbolic nature of the comment might reveal the true intent of the comment.

There may be a disconnenct between likeminded people, between some who see driving as a necessity and those who primarily see driving as a luxury.

 

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Late Night: Gas Guzzlers | 103 comments (103 topical)

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