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CDN_Merlin wrote:For people living in rural areas, what can I say. Get a job in town and rent a room. There's no excuse. If the law was changed, people would adapt.
It's funny that you mention this in a thread dealing with freedom of mobility. Nothing like legislating where people can live if they want to have the opportunity to improve their lives. People who attend community college are typically the sort who can't afford to just leave where they are.
TIGERASSAULT wrote:My brother cycles 6 miles in to college and 6 miles back again. Yet he's 22, and fully able to get a drivers license and car if he wanted to.
Six miles is nothing, dude. I walk that on a regular basis. Try living thirty miles from the nearest community college, like my family does.
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DCrazy wrote:Six miles is nothing, dude. I walk that on a regular basis. Try living thirty miles from the nearest community college, like my family does.
Taking into account the average human walking speed of 3 mph.. this means you must donate four hours to walking.

you must have a lot of time on your hands.
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Ferno wrote:Taking into account the average human walking speed of 3 mph.. this means you must donate four hours to walking.

you must have a lot of time on your hands.
Huh? 6/3 = 2...
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DCrazy wrote:Huh? 6/3 = 2...
...and back again? You did remember that that's 12 miles in total?
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six miles there, six miles back. two hours there, and two hours back.

total of four hours per day.
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Ah, I see. I've actually got a longer stride, so it would be more like 3 hours for me. But you're right, I was only factoring in one way travel.

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