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My parents are constantly pushing me to own a car.
I have a license because it is a convenient all-in-one piece of ID. I abstain from car ownership because cars fucking suck. They're expensive to buy, expensive to insure, expensive to maintain, expensive to run, expensive to drive, and you can't even use your phone* while going places. Car ownership is just overall a bad deal. I'm much happier taking public transit, even if it sucks ass and is twice as slow to get anywhere.
*If you unironically counter this point you should be prevented from ever getting behind a wheel for the rest of your life. Fuck you for putting my and other people's lives in danger for your own convenience.
Obligatory https://lemmy.world/c/fuckcars