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Originally Posted by Captain Snooze
I read a popular ("popular" as in for the masses not something that was highly regarded by a lot of people) article that suggested that for many young people cars aren't a necessity like they used to be for older folk. That is, it used to be if one wanted to go and hang out with friends one had to get in one's car and go somewhere. If you wanted to see something in the next town you had to travel. Cars were a means of freedom. Now-a-days one just gets on FaceBook or goes watching YouTube clips.
I appreciate this is a generalisation and doesn't apply to everybody but there might an element of truth there.
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This is actually very insightful in my families case and I never really thought about it before. Neither of my kids (34 and 32 years old) drive and never had any interest in doing so. They both were very popular in school and such ( son was prom king in high school) and it baffled me how that was even possible. Even though they were at the cutting edge of social media they were certainly using it and did not need to travel or tie up a phone to communicate. Back in my day if you didn't have a car your social life was restricted to people in your immediate area or those that did drive. To use the phone you were tied to one spot in one room so conversations were usually brief and to the point.
I always figured that I somehow turned them off cars or driving due too my passion for both but now have a whole new perspective on the subject. I will have to look for this article or something like it.