Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

I know it like that from my youth too. But back then I was half as old, maybe times have changed ;)
The GU is located in the border area SIG/TUT, which is definitely not an area where you just take the bus. And there are trains only along the Danube valley, and at least they run hourly.

When fewer and fewer young people get a driver's license, politics/economy are forced to create public transport and alternative transport options to get people to work.

"The youth of today love luxury, have bad manners, and despise authority. They contradict their parents, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers. (Socrates, 470-399 BC)

I am so intelligent, I could walk at the age of 2! You call that intelligent? I was still being carried at the age of 5. (I thought this fits thematically better with self-driving-refusing train allergy sufferers) ;-)

If fewer and fewer young people get a driver's license, politics/economy are forced to create public transport and alternative transportation options to get people to work.

I don't believe that. The problem is that you need a certain number of people for public transport to work. And not just one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening. It is neither economical nor environmentally friendly if a bus runs for 1-2 passengers. In rural areas, there is not much to gain from general public transport; special solutions like company buses directly to the factory site make the most sense there. You simply can't want both. An affordable house with a large garden and public transport connections like in the big city. You just have to look at the circumstances. Our future place of residence has fewer than 400 inhabitants. I currently live in a building with 63 apartments, in a housing community of 3 buildings. These 3 buildings alone probably come close to the entire village. Similar buildings are around. The entire residential complex has about 17,000 sqm and certainly over 1,000 residents. Our new development area has 16,000 sqm and creates maybe 60-70 residents with 20 spots.

I don’t believe that. The problem is that you need a certain number of people for public transportation to work. And not just one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening. It’s neither economical nor environmentally friendly if a bus runs for 1-2 passengers. In rural areas, there’s not much to gain from general public transport; at best, special solutions like company buses directly to the factory site make sense. You simply cannot want both. An affordable house with a large garden and public transport connections like in a big city.
You just have to look at the conditions. Our future place of residence has <400 inhabitants. I currently live in a building with 63 apartments, in a community of 3 buildings. These 3 buildings alone probably come close to the entire village in size. Around them are similar buildings. The entire residential complex has about 17,000 sqm and certainly over 1,000 residents. Our new development area has 16,000 sqm and with 20 units maybe accommodates 60-70 residents.

This is also just a conceivable scenario for me. Not in five or ten years, but I think something will develop there. Company buses/bus communities in industrial areas, etc., etc.
My daughter is now 12 and for her it still makes no sense at the moment to want to get a driver’s license (it was different for me... as fast as possible). She can reach the train station in three minutes. The next big city is reached in 30 minutes, the state capital in an hour. For other distances up to roughly 15 km or so, you can also consider an e-bike. And the shuttle bus is still running and will be expanded. By the way, there is no “Taxi Mom”… I’m working.

Hi,

I can only really imagine the setup with "driving to university across half of NRW every day" if Dad also works around the corner. Otherwise, I just don’t buy it, purely logistically speaking.

Lol, no, of course he’s not driving him daily, otherwise we probably would have already tried to get him admitted to the institution... ;-) The son actually already lives in a shared flat and only comes home every second weekend. Or rather, he gets brought home. I just shake my head about it. A perfect example of the madness of company cars with private use. Driving a car then simply costs nothing...

Best regards,

Andreas

Morning,

because no child wants to cycle or walk anymore.

and to prevent exactly that, my children (8 and almost 6) ride their bikes to riding lessons, hockey, guitar, etc. (no, not alone, we go with them).

I have to say that I was born in Münster, where you practically come into the world on a bike. For us, it would have been the absolute maximum embarrassment factor to be driven somewhere by the "mom taxi". That would have been social death... going 5-10 km to a party in the evening was actually nothing special.

Best regards,

Andreas