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Yeah this. I live in Silicon Valley, can't afford a house here (almost nobody can), but have an EV and rely on public charging infrastructure. Most people, and even most EV owners, don't and will never own a single family home here.

It works totally fine, my office has slow charging, the public library a short walk from my apartment has slow charging, and many supermarkets have superchargers or other DC fast charging so I almost never waste time dealing with charging.




If you live that dense you should take transit. so the question is why do you not? are letting politicians get away with lip service?


I love public transit friendly cities, but it is almost nonexistent here. A 20 minute drive can take upwards of 1.5 hours on public transit.

And no I don't have the time or resources to fix politicians, I have enough crap to do just trying to make money to live here and take care of myself. Even if I had time it's not like anything I do is going to result in Tokyo-quality public transit being built in the time that I live here.


lol, silicon valley mass transit is a poorly connected mishmash. It has been "getting better" for decades without really getting better.

Most of the time "transit" means 4x or more the travel time.


Like I said, you let politicians get away with lip service.


Eh? Being unable to afford a house does not imply living in a dense urban region with usable public transit.




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