"Magnulus" > wrote in message
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> In Europe, somebody who is too poor to afford the fuel for a car often has
> alternatives, this is not the case in the US except for the major cities.
> And alot of the US population does not live in these cities.

It's the same in most of Europe if you don't live in a major town then you need
a car for daily life. We just accept it and have to find other things we can do
without (hence the general lack of massive TVs, smaller homes, smaller cars with
smaller engines)