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dddddaviddddd | 7 months ago

> You either need to have a designated driver, find a taxi (which doesn't exist in most rural areas), or just not drink.

Or live in a place where you don’t drive to get around.

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bluGill|7 months ago

Very few places on earth are like that. Even in Europe's dense cities there are a lot of cars, get outside of that and there is no hope of an alternative. Though Europe is somewhat likely to have a bar within walking distance of your house, but a lot of people in Europe drive to whatever bar they drink in at least sometime.

Most of the world's public transportation sees themselves as a way to get to work and so parties which happen off hours in places hard for transport to reach get bad or no service.

homeless_engi|7 months ago

East Asia has lots of highly walkable cities with great public transit -- even a few you might not have heard of. Not just Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Beijing but also Shenzhen, Chongqing, and Hangzhou to name a few.

wavemode|7 months ago

> Very few places on earth are like that

I mean... there are fewer than 2 billion total vehicles on Earth, so I'm guessing it's not THAT uncommon to not own a car.

Unless we're arguing that people simply didn't socialize before cars existed.

watwut|7 months ago

Not really? Yes there are a lot of cars in EU cities, but young people are not driving them - they use combination of walking, biking and public transport.

Parties are where people live and in center - public transport gets you there. Using public transport to get from bar or home party is quite normal.

micromacrofoot|7 months ago

or drive drunk, which if my upbringing was any indication, happened all the time