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I mean, owning a car is still a form of conforming to social norms - cars are expensive and people have good jobs to afford them (which begins an awkward feedba

I mean, owning a car is still a form of conforming to social norms - cars are expensive and people have good jobs to afford them (which begins an awkward feedback loop of requirements). Try living without one. As a 38-year-old car free man, I feel almost deviant. In great shape from all that fresh and and exercise, but that also is somewhat peculiar (I don't look much like my age).

Noos 7y ago
I have lived without one, and for that time in my life, i was limited to ten miles in every direction, unless i wanted to spend an hour on a bus. I don't think people here get how limiting that life can be anywhere outside of a huge city. Or how wearying. I walked to work, and it took 45 minutes. I had to do that walk during 90 degree heat, 6 inches of snow the ground, heavy rainstorms etc, unless, like other people I knew without a car, we begged our coworkers for a ride. If we couldn't, we had to call out of work. We have plenty of people in my small town who walk or moped to work because they are poor. They usually buy cars the first thing they can get, because walking sucks.
- benrbray 7y ago
  Bicycle infrastructure would be a comparatively cheap solution to this problem for most people.
- justinator 7y ago
  I never felt not owning a car was limiting in that way at all. I've actually crossed the US three times by bike! It feels more... liberating!, than anything else!
euroclear 7y ago
It depends where you live. I'm roughly your age, and have never owned a car, but I live in NYC so it's not much of a limitation.
blaser-waffle 7y ago
I'm carfree downtown in a big Canadian city. Bikes + Uber + public transit work for most things. Pogo car is a decent "mid-range" option for ~1 hour drives. Honestly it's not bad, save for deep winter, which can be rough. Walking keeps me in shape, and it's saved me a ton of money in terms of monthly payments and insurance.

Noos 7y ago

I have lived without one, and for that time in my life, i was limited to ten miles in every direction, unless i wanted to spend an hour on a bus. I don't think people here get how limiting that life can be anywhere outside of a huge city. Or how wearying. I walked to work, and it took 45 minutes. I had to do that walk during 90 degree heat, 6 inches of snow the ground, heavy rainstorms etc, unless, like other people I knew without a car, we begged our coworkers for a ride. If we couldn't, we had to call out of work. We have plenty of people in my small town who walk or moped to work because they are poor. They usually buy cars the first thing they can get, because walking sucks.

benrbray 7y ago
Bicycle infrastructure would be a comparatively cheap solution to this problem for most people.
justinator 7y ago
I never felt not owning a car was limiting in that way at all. I've actually crossed the US three times by bike! It feels more... liberating!, than anything else!

euroclear 7y ago

It depends where you live. I'm roughly your age, and have never owned a car, but I live in NYC so it's not much of a limitation.

blaser-waffle 7y ago

I'm carfree downtown in a big Canadian city. Bikes + Uber + public transit work for most things. Pogo car is a decent "mid-range" option for ~1 hour drives. Honestly it's not bad, save for deep winter, which can be rough. Walking keeps me in shape, and it's saved me a ton of money in terms of monthly payments and insurance.