Originally Posted by
tandempower
Then there are people who move to the US from elsewhere who see so many people driving everywhere and they just go ahead and buy a car and do it too. It might not be an explicit requirement given to them by their boss, but they just go ahead and buy a car and pay the expenses like it's a voluntary tax for participating in the economy. They might see that some people ride bikes or take the bus, but they see it's not the norm and they feel safer conforming to the norm.
How many immigrants have you interviewed/questioned and been specifically told the reason why that individual did or did not buy a car and pay the expenses? How did you word your questions so as not to influence the answers? Or is this just another product of more of your so-called
critical thinking about what you think "might be" true?