I’m not afraid of someone doing something to me, I’m more concerned with whatever illness they may have. People are gross, I like my space. You do you and ride a packed a buss full of people with some no doubt sick, and some with terrible hygiene that stink. I’ll ride in my luxurious and fast car enjoying my heat and a/c with my heated/ac seats and great sound system.

And with most other things, you wouldn’t just accept it if the price doubled, but with gas, you’d have no choice.

Just breathe better, god how simple do you need it to be? /s

As someone with Excercise-Induced asthma i must ask; Dont you have an emergency inhaler? Also going for walks does gradually build up your endurance, just obviously never overdo it (especially in the winter, you will keel over and simply die).

But, as the future is looking less and less car centric it would be a good idea to start now.

You’re asking them to compromise food and shelter so the only point you’re making is that you’re an asshole.

I’m in a rent controlled unit. I’m not moving.

square footage could go down.

Could it though? Don’t know if you noticed but the rental market is completely fucked in NA. For most people this would mean renting a room instead of an apartment, which doesn’t work well if you for example, are a family of 4.

find a different job closer

There are no guarantees for this because jobs of people’s industries which pay them the money they need to support themselves and their families are not geographically distributed evenly. If you have years of tenure at your workplace as well, it is a big fucking risk to change jobs unless you have a really, really, good reason to do so as well.

Point is, you might have these options but it doesn’t mean everyone does. People’s lives and options are not so black and white as you seem to think.