Owning cars is quite practical in the bay area. You might argue that COMMUTING in a car is impractical, but then again, I just commuted 20 miles down 101 in th

Owning cars is quite practical in the bay area. You might argue that COMMUTING in a car is impractical, but then again, I just commuted 20 miles down 101 in the heart of silicon valley in under 20 minutes this morning, so, I don't know. I'd say relatively few people commute on the limited number of public transit lines you say everyone has to live near.