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Not a tankie, nor a communist, just a progressive with an interest in history, but,
Is such a US-centric view. They all didn't need to drive cars, dude, they had public transportation.
Edit: Added emphasis for people having trouble reading
Do you think that every single person in Europe is perfectly served by public transport?
Nope. Did I say that?
No but the person you replied to called out a specific scenario in which the person lives in a rural area with no public transport access which is a real thing in every single country, with good public transit or not.
The concept of someone not having access to public transit isn't an American centric point of view.
Yes, busses were relatively common and affordable, but many of them were smelly and horrible. Except for the Icaruses, the passengers of which felt like kings among men.
Not all countries have good public transport system. Imagine living in Siberia at the time of the communists, unless you're in gulag which doesn't require you to travel to other places.