We love our cars (and air conditioners) more than life! (at least here in Oz) try taking cars of aussies - there would be a revolution!! "we are sorry citizens - but heres your pushbike"
Due to the famous 'tyranny of distance' that we have in Oz - a problem that not many developed countries face - so i think we are in a unique situation than most countries. I lived in the UK for a few years a while back and I really liked the public transport there tubes ect. But then everything is so close together, everyone walks to the pub ect like most of europe i guess.
what makes me laugh is when I was young, (here we go!) hardly any kids had cars - now it *seems* to me every 15 year old gets a *NEW* BMW for their 16th birthday!!??
well maybe thats going a bit far heheh but cars were a huge luxury when I was a lad for sure - we just got old death trap HR's EJ's ect and for a lot more than a similar condition old bomb costs now. But every house has seven cars now it seems - one for each day of the week. Also what me makes me laugh is we famously moved away from big fuel guzzling 'yank tanks' type designs and now they are back in the guise of 4 wheel drives! Everyone wants to drive a humvee these days, like Arnie.
I could go on - of course - but please can I have a new voting option and go for one of those planets you see in movies were they are populated by Amazonian babes only?
(dont tell the missus i said that!!)
Cheers
Fringey