• st0v@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    what a lot of people can’t understand is that a car I’m singapore is a ball and chain. it’s not freedom by any stretch of the imagine there.

    it’s a status symbol or a job requirement.

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      1 year ago

      And why is this exactly?

      Has it to do with the close to no parking spots in Singapore? Or something about fuel being expensive or something?

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        1 year ago

        you can visit the entire country on the subway or a short grab ride.

        owning registering, parking, repairing and fueling a car is a completely unnecessary living cost, not to mention much much more expensive than the US or Europe.

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          1 year ago

          Well not exactly the entire country, pretty sure people who need to gedong would have a lot to say about that. But most places? Yea definitely. I do have friends who stay in Punggol that don’t enjoy squeezing in the trains to head to Buona for work though.

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        Oh yea, fuel is expensive. It’s like more than US$2 per litre now. If this online converter is right, that’s more than US$7.60 per gallon.