Socialism with American Characteristics

  • BashfulBob [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    1 day ago

    You could have 1 truck for 50 houses and it would sit unused most of the time.

    My local Uhaul does a pretty brisk business in a neighborhood of 150 houses, and they’ve got way more than three trucks.

    Most people need their trucks to move and maybe a few times a year to haul stuff from home depot.

    There’s definitely peaks and troughs. Everyone likes having a truck when its time to pick up a Christmas Tree or re-sod the yard. So you run into a problem of people having one week where nobody needs the truck and one week where everyone needs it.

    But also, having a “community truck” opens the opportunity for other community projects. Would be nice if the truck came paired with a few professional construction workers who could direct a community effort to update the local playground or fill potholes or do more advanced home repairs (roofing / re-siding, etc). Then we start talking more broadly about a Citizen Conservation Corps or similar public works department that exists to create/upgrade/maintain amenities across town without getting price-gouged by for-profit contractors for the privilege.

    • janny [they/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 day ago

      Also gotta say this ignores estate sales which allow people to get urniture and household items for 1/10th or less o the price that would otherwise end up in a landill. i go to estate sales like once a month and alot more people could use that option i they had access to more storage in their car.