Seriously, i think op doesn't understand how much a billion dollars actually is. With a billion dollars you could afford to repave every road you drive on regularly, and still have about a billion dollars left
Simple. You keep your Ferrari on your private island with your private racetrack, and keep your G Wagon at your house when you spend 2-3 weeks there a year.
At a certain price point cars are mundane and personal helicopter becomes primary mode of transportation. They don't have to care about roads if they don't use them. Like all things, Billionaires have different rules and use different services than the rest of us.
Down the block is "send someone" territory. Hell, with that money just about anything that you don't have to, or want to, attend to personally is "send someone" territory
I actually know of a guy who lives a road over from a relative that has some sort of super low luxury car, but the county road leading to his street is so bad he has to load it on a trailer to take it anywhere.
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wackyheartfluid@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 264d
If they've got a billion dollars they also own their own track and can pay other drivers to lose races against them.
Beacon@fedia.io · 14 pts · 264d
Seriously, i think op doesn't understand how much a billion dollars actually is. With a billion dollars you could afford to repave every road you drive on regularly, and still have about a billion dollars left
Nasan@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 263d
Hell, you could invest a small fraction of that billion and your returns would allow you to keep those roads repaired long after you died.
MotoAsh@piefed.social · 6 pts · 263d
nonono, you don't become a billionaire concerning yourself with what happens to others, especially after you die.
Pff, such a pleb ...
Nasan@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 263d
But, muh name on the road.
foggy@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 264d
So, your statement makes sense if you remove the part about a billion dollars.
Brother, with a billion dollars I'd buy a yacht in a desert.
Beacon@fedia.io · 4 pts · 264d
Bojack is that you?
mustlane@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 263d
MarriedCavelady50@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 264d
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 264d
Umm…. Yes it does.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 264d
Still better than driving over potholes with an empty bank account and a Camry.
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 264d
The logical thing to do is get a private company to fix up those potholes for you with your wealth.
Afaithfulnihilist@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 264d
It's to turn all of the roads you care about into toll roads, except for you because you need to use the road for business reasons so that's exempt.
devolution@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 264d
Billionaires don't drive on the same roads as us peasants.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 263d
Roads in the air (private jets)?
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 264d
M'roads!
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 264d
Simple. You keep your Ferrari on your private island with your private racetrack, and keep your G Wagon at your house when you spend 2-3 weeks there a year.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 264d
At a certain price point cars are mundane and personal helicopter becomes primary mode of transportation. They don't have to care about roads if they don't use them. Like all things, Billionaires have different rules and use different services than the rest of us.
magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 263d
This depends how far away where they want is. I feel like down the block is impractical for a heli.
Tower@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 263d
Down the block is "send someone" territory. Hell, with that money just about anything that you don't have to, or want to, attend to personally is "send someone" territory
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 264d
Ah, so you’ve been to Colorado.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 264d
What? I have a billion dollars.
village604@adultswim.fan · 1 pts · 264d
I actually know of a guy who lives a road over from a relative that has some sort of super low luxury car, but the county road leading to his street is so bad he has to load it on a trailer to take it anywhere.
CerineArkweaver@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 264d
The Farrari part reminds me of an early (like S1) episode of Castle. "How does the Farrari drive?" "Like any other car in NYC traffic"
Thorry@feddit.org · 0 pts · 264d
This is Showerthoughts, not iam14andthisisdeep