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Originally Posted by Sun Belt
You have to keep in mind that the opinions expressed on this forum are from urban enthusiasts and don't really represent the opinions or the reality of the majority of people and their daily lives. Most people do not celebrate density, apartments and transit.
Most people work their butts off to live the complete opposite lifestyle -- a better life -- and in America those goals are:
1] to buy a larger home with sufficient living space for their needs
A] when you were 18 a cramped dorm room with a roommate was sufficient, when you're 30, it's no longer cool to live in closet with a hot pan and microwave.
2] safe location, safe schools especially for their kids
3] Own a car to take care of the family and not be reliant on fixed public transit
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most middle class gen x and millennial families/people i talk to casually about transit almost universally say they would actually take it if they don't currently (and would prefer to own one car instead of two) if it were properly invested in to a western european level. they don't have the same stigma surrounding transit that boomers have from experiencing the rampdown/takedown of transit systems during their youth/early careers (coinciding with unprecedented rising incomes/car ownership/cultural shift).