[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Many rural residents of both the US and Canada need cars > (and trucks) for daily living. Yes, but what is this need? Because of the car we get sprawl which makes the car necessary. > They are neithether a toy nor even a luxury. > When the nearesintercity bus service may be at a town 20 or 30 miles away > and when the nearest doctor may that distance or further and when major > shopping centres may be twice that a car may be necessity. Sounds like an argument for public transportation. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 916-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]