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I would love to rid myself of all the hassle of a vechicle. Ironically, a week ago I had a terrible time getting my vechicle to pass smog. I literally got to

I would love to rid myself of all the hassle of a vechicle. Ironically, a week ago I had a terrible time getting my vechicle to pass smog. I literally got to the point where I considered giving the vechicle up. I wasn't having a great time psychologically, and wasen't thinking like I usually do. I usually don't fret about a vehicle because I went to automotive school, and can work on most vechicles, but I was just having a bad week. That said, where I live, giving up my vechicle would be like just giving up in life. I need a car in the suburbs. I honestly don't know how people do without them, unless they live near good public transportation. And yes, I guess America is very vechicle centric, but for good reason. They built it so spread out. They built most of our infrastructure like the 50's would last forever. A home, and a car for every American. We would always buy American products. We would never have to live like the rest of the world?

meric 11y ago
>> I honestly don't know how people do without them I look for work and apartments within several minutes walk from a major train station. I can't imagine owning a car - the paperwork, regular checkups, constant looking for parking space, worrying about how to keep the car long term on a long trip overseas. Do I own the car, or does the car own me? When I have to travel somewhere inconvenient by public transportation I call a taxi or a Uber. I do this maybe once a month or two. If there's an event on a weekend and I could walk there in less than an hour from home, occasionally I'd walk instead of catching a taxi or Uber. I have visited a city with lacking public transport before, you're right, being unable to drive, and cannot travel anywhere without having to call a Uber every time, even to the corner shop few kilometres away, I feel like I'm trapped.

meric 11y ago

>> I honestly don't know how people do without them I look for work and apartments within several minutes walk from a major train station. I can't imagine owning a car - the paperwork, regular checkups, constant looking for parking space, worrying about how to keep the car long term on a long trip overseas. Do I own the car, or does the car own me? When I have to travel somewhere inconvenient by public transportation I call a taxi or a Uber. I do this maybe once a month or two. If there's an event on a weekend and I could walk there in less than an hour from home, occasionally I'd walk instead of catching a taxi or Uber. I have visited a city with lacking public transport before, you're right, being unable to drive, and cannot travel anywhere without having to call a Uber every time, even to the corner shop few kilometres away, I feel like I'm trapped.