daniel_callahan@jlai.lu to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoTIL that Los Angeles is expanding a program paying people not to drive. If you agree to keep you car parked at home for 5 weeks and explore other ways to get around, you can earn up to $600thesource.metro.netexternal-linkmessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1395arrow-down13
arrow-up1392arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Los Angeles is expanding a program paying people not to drive. If you agree to keep you car parked at home for 5 weeks and explore other ways to get around, you can earn up to $600thesource.metro.netdaniel_callahan@jlai.lu to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square98fedilink
minus-squarevelma@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·2 days agoWho couldn’t use $600 right now?
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoThat’s not enough to replace the utility of a car for most people in LA.
minus-squareCaesium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agobecause it’s not ‘right now’. You either get $120 a week or the 600 after five weeks. Emergencies don’t just wait for you to have the money for them
minus-squarevelma@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·edit-21 day agoI wouldn’t kick $120 a week out of bed, that’s for sure. That’s literally my weekly grocery budget.
Who couldn’t use $600 right now?
That’s not enough to replace the utility of a car for most people in LA.
For 5 weeks?
because it’s not ‘right now’. You either get $120 a week or the 600 after five weeks. Emergencies don’t just wait for you to have the money for them
I wouldn’t kick $120 a week out of bed, that’s for sure.
That’s literally my weekly grocery budget.