I disagree that it is a basic necessity. Our politicians in North America and Australia/NZ have built our cities in a way that forces dependency on a car. It’s unsustainable. A car is a huge expense that I am happy to live without. $1280 and I have unlimited transport anywhere in the GTA except buses on Keelung’s network. While yes, we are urban city dwellers now, many of us came from suburban hell.
Having a car for everything sucks. In Taipei, I don’t have to be DD.
We had a topic a while ago about a couple of drink drivers. In Canada, we have 10x more drink driving deaths as taiwan with only 50% more people. It’s only shocking here because they actually make the news here. Drink driving deaths get, at most, a token note in the news unless they’re especially shocking.