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Comment by marssaxman | Hacker News Reader

Here in Seattle we have a special bus service specifically for that purpose, called "Trailhead Direct".

> Here in Seattle

Most Seattleites have a driver’s license. Most Manhattanites do not. Residential skyscrapers probably don’t make sense for most of Seattle.

Sure, that's true - though I can see a couple dozen of them out of the window behind my desk, and there'd be lots more if I were on the other side of the building - but I was really just replying to the previous commenter's mockery of the idea that one could go to the mountains via bus. It's not only possible, it's routine!

Bullshit, I'm from the Puget Sound and it hardly covers any of the good trails in the Cascades, nor could it do so practically if service were ever expanded.

That's a lovely area with a rich history of human occupation and exploration that predates the invention of the car by several thousand years.

Yeah, and when my grandpa was a kid, instead of a 20 minute drive to the neighboring town, it literally took them three days on foot because of all the hills, sloughs, and rivers. Cars and their associated infrastructure are a modern miracle, and the luddites opposed them are extremely foolish.

What, exactly are you arguing for?

Are you claiming that an occasional need for a car dictates that every person needs their own dedicated full time car and that all dwellings need associated parking?

That would be extremely foolish.

You appear to be flopping about in circles here.

Ok, so your goalposts are ever-retreating. Have a nice day!

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