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Comment by mikesickler | Hacker News Reader

This is a really out of touch take.

You haven't explained why but I can preemptively say it isn't. Go outside the confines of American suburbia/countryside and you will see how out of touch these vehicles are to sustainable and healthy living.

Sure, but that applies just as well to driving any car, eating any meat, etc. Very little of modern human living is particularly sustainable or healthy.

It doesn't apply just as well because there's unique challenges. For example, SUVs and trucks being over an order of magnitude more dangerous for pedestrians.

We have got to stop hand-waving things as "well other stuff!"

You're 100% right, car dependency as a whole is a big problem. One that we need to move away from and towards more sustainable modes of transportation. However, that is a big task. One part of that task is deconstructing the American obsession with ego-boosting via motor vehicle.

That means you, trucks and SUVs.

“if you don’t like trucks having 8-foot-tall grilles maybe you should just go back to living in the woods!”

what a thought-provoking and non-inflammatory prompt you provided us

It's difficult to convey nuance in a simple text post on the Internet, but in good faith I will assume you are intending to be ironic.

Just what places exactly are you referring to? I travel all over the US and short of NYC and downtown Chicago, trucks and SUVs are everywhere.

Maybe outside the US, but inside the US…these are the norm in my experience.

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