Saturday, May 25, 2013

AMERICANS CAN'T AFFORD CARS...!

WITH RISING GAS PRICES...AND HIGH INSURANCE AND REPAIR COSTS...MANY AMERICANS ARE GETTING RID OF THEIR CARS...

IN CITIES WITH GOOD PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND METROS...THIS MAKES SENSE...SOME IN NYC HAVE NEVER HAD A CAR AND DON'T WANT ONE... JUST PARKING IT IS EXPENSIVE...NOT TO MENTION DRIVING IT...

AS THE DEPRESSION DEEPENS...THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE...  AND THAT WILL CAUSE MORE PEOPLE TO DEMAND BETTER PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION...

A RISE IN MOTORBIKES COULD RESULT...AS IS SEEN IN CAMBODIA FOR EXAMPLE WHERE MOTOR BIKES ARE THE "FAMILY VEHICLE" OFTEN WITH MOM DAD AND THE KIDS ALL ON ONE BIKE...

PEOPLE IN SMALLER TOWNS WHO CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO TRAVEL BETWEEN TOWN AND CITY...MAY OPT TO GET AROUND BY BIKE...OR SCOOTER...

THE DECLINE IN REAL JOBS WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE THE SHIFT AWAY FROM EXPENSIVE CARS TO CONTINUE...AS THE GREAT AMERICAN DEPRESSION GROWS WORSE...