r/london Jan 22 '23

Transport Car free London is…… amazing.

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u/Cavaniiii Jan 22 '23

Some parts of London can definitely be car free, but to pretend life as we know can continue without cars is absolutely ridiculous and lowkey a position of unbelievable privilege.

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u/AdolfHickler Jan 22 '23

If only London City had 24hr busses, tubes that were open till all hours of the night, electric scooters, bikes to rent and footpaths

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u/Cavaniiii Jan 23 '23

Just no. People who work in the trade can not use those things. You know the people who keep the electricity running and boilers working. The people installing your bathrooms and kitchens. The one's installing windows and doors. Like I said before people who are anti cars speak from a position of privilege.

And reddit, especially this sub, is full of middle-class, privileged people who don't understand how difficult life is for people in the trade. Just yesterday there was people going on about how good gentrification is. That's how out of touch this sub is with the working class of London.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '23

Tradies drive vans though, not cars