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I hate the impacts of cars too, and desperately want better transit options.

But we should maybe put up a sign for stories out of North America:

"North America is really really big. It sucks that it doesn't have better mass transit coverage, but that's still a genuinely hard problem to solve in rural North America."

Most folks in rural North America have stories both of being the rescued and being the rescuer when cars have broken down.

Columbus, isn't that where that school shooting happened?

I’m assuming this lasy does not have much money at all. You can get road side assistance with your car insurance and they’ll come to you and get you taken care of. If its a dead battery then just use a jumper. Gone are the days of needing a second car for this. Its just a big rechargeable battery with jumper cables attached to it. If you don’t have these then you are either ignorant to their existence, can’t afford it, or just want to live on the edge. If you don’t have the money for it then thats fine. Times can be tough, I get it. If you do have the money for it, then don’t be dumb and pay for these things. Having simple car knowledge helps a lot yet so many in the US don’t know shit about cars

Uber exists. They could have easily spun up the app and called for a ride.

Buses also hit grocery stores or surrounding areas, often even in towns with limited public transit.