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Originally Posted by RustyLugNut
But, you do live in another state. The real estate market drives our transportation problems, here in California.
I have family and friends who work in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. But, due to the high cost of living, they drive an hour or more from surrounding areas east of the metropolis they work in because housing is more affordable. Freeways are full of clunkers as people do what they have to do.
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While that may be your reality and the reality of people that
choose to live in Southern California, it is not representative of the USA as a whole.
According to US Census data: 60% of US households live in detached single-family homes, 17% live in apartment complexes, 9% in duplexes to quadplexes, 8% in mobile homes, and 6% in single-family town-homes. Most households in the USA have a place to plug in an EV at home.
As redpoint mentioned - used EVs are cheap. Cheaper to buy for the year and mileage, cheaper to fuel and cheaper to maintain.
Choosing to live in a place with very expensive housing is a choice. Living somewhere else with more reasonable housing costs would free up the monthly budget for other things like a car that isn't a clunker.