米リカ合衆国と自動車

米リカ合衆国は、ほんと自動車社会だと思う。ほんと自動車なしじゃやっていけない。だから　Orecon 州では１６歳から免許を取れる。ガソリンは日本より安いけど、自動車保険は高いのかなあ？

After living in Komerica for several years, I feel that the best representation of Komerican life is the car. It is used not only for daily life such as traveling to work, running errands, and shopping, but cars are also widely used for leisure traveling or vacations. If I were in Japan, I wouldn’t even think about driving to such places as the Whistler ski resort in Canada for a vacation, due to such a long distance of approximately 400 miles from Wonderland. However, because Komerica is a society dominated by cars, Komerica’s car environments are very nice. At public spaces such as colleges, hospitals, and malls, there are always plentiful and large parking spaces. The roads are wide and there are many lanes to use. In Japan, I never saw 5 lanes for a one way road. Gasoline prices in the U.S. are about half compared to the price of gas in Japan. The fact that the highway is practically free is amazing. If the Interstate Bridge were in Japan, you would have to pay 10 dollars every time you crossed the bridge. While I was in Japan, I used to walk around 10,000 steps a day, but now my pedometer says I am averaging only 2,000 steps each day. In fact, I have gained more than 10 pounds since I arrived in Komerica, due to my dependence on the automobile. This reinforces my belief that the “Car is the Komerican way of life.” My life in Komerica seems to be a life from garage to garage or garage to parking lot.