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Family, maybe.
- Then... they can get their family to come pick'em up in their pickup truck.
  
  So, someone's sister who works in a 100% remote IT job and who moved to a quiet rural town to raise her family is supposed to pick up and fit 5 people (including luggage) in her early 90's Civic hatchback from the closest airport/train station that's 100-200mi (160-320km) away?
  I'd suggest that you work on your prejudice and critical thinking skills, as how that comment was worded was uncalled for and easy to poke holes in the logic of. You have to keep in mind that not everyone who lives in a quiet and isolated (even possibly self-sufficient) town is the stereotypical blue-collar farmhand that is commonly displayed by the media.
  
  You dont need to be a redneck to understand the value of a pickup in rural america. Shes gonna haul sheet of plywood with that hachback? Lmao
  
  Not everyone likes or has the skill for DIYing and would rather support their local economy by hiring a local contractor. (Try harder, mate)
  
  How to spot someone born in rural life from someone moving there. No self reliance skills.
  
  I just love how these threads always lead to anti-bike reactionaries coming up with increasingly contrived hypothetical situations to "justify" continuing to cling to their cars like a security blanket.
  And then have the audacity to accuse the other side of "prejudice" and lack of "critical thinking skills."
  You have to keep in mind that not everyone who lives in a quiet and isolated (even possibly self-sufficient) town is the stereotypical blue-collar farmhand that is commonly displayed by the media.
  You have to keep in mind that only a tiny minority of Americans live in tiny and isolated towns at all, and pretending the solution for the vast majority of people doesn't work by pointing to those outliers is bad-faith idiotic bullshit.
  
  And then have the audacity to accuse the other side of "prejudice" and lack of "critical thinking skills."
  Hey, all I'm doing was explaining the holes in the implied logic that rental cars are unnecessary.
  Oi, and if you are able to read between the lines and notice word/grammar choices, you would notice what the undertone of using "pick'em up" conveys.
  Then... they can get their family to come pick'em up in their pickup truck.
  As it is, I'd rather ride around on my board, but it's not really feasible in most situations for me.
- I'd hope they'd pick you up

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