By the end of this decade, ~30 million Americans will be 80+. If nothing else, this should force us to think seriously about how too many suburbs and cities are laid out—effectively stranding individuals without cars in their homes.https://www.forbes.com/sites/howardgleckman/2020/01/02/the-2020s-will-be-a-tipping-point-for-elder-care-in-the-us/ …
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Sure, I don’t disagree (generally). But the country is aging more rapidly than ever before. A rethinking of things we might have previously taken for granted, from transportation to housing to elder care, is probably in order on some level.
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valid HOWEVER, I think that self driving cars will arrive before the demographic wave
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a diversity of housing options is exactly what's lacking tho--that and a lack of options in housing context (e.g. a single family house but w/o a yard) main problem here is the houses they wanted and bought aren't viable w/o car, and there are vanishingly few places to relocate
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