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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Semi solve by carrying passengers. Become the bus you wanna see.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Pfft. But for real. I'm getting this feeling this is not normal in USA. Meanwhile where I live people routi ely pick each other up on the way ti save o fuel and/or time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Carpooling is totally a thing, but in my experience doing it for years, unless the people in the group were punctual and lived close enough, it never works out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Only for cost reasons, really, so it's only super common in poorer areas or among laborers (who pretty much universally get paid shit)