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[-] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Oh... I think in my part of the world, most people picture a pickup truck when they think of a 4WD vehicle, although other vehicles like a Forester or Jeep would also be included.

I guess for me, I know enough non-city people who have vehicle needs that very regularly involve hauling, towing, driving off-road (or on barely-a-road surfaces), etc. that it doesn't seem weird or wasteful to me that they own a truck, even though yes they also use them to pick up groceries. There's great benefit in the versatility, which other vehicles don't easily match, and I don't think the number of people who need that versatility is vanishingly small.

In the city though, yeah... Almost nobody needs a truck in the city.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago

I should probably also add that I'm from a country with an especially low rural population. I'm from the state with the highest proportion of rural population, and we have 50% in our capital city alone.

[-] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

That makes sense. Different populations have different needs! Maybe in your part of the world, things are set up so that even the rural folk can meet their truck needs some other way... I think that's totally possible for much of the world, even if it's not practical for, say, most of Saskatchewan.

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