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When do you need to? If your family never drives, you wouldn’t see a need to. It’s almost like asking “well wouldn’t you want to be able to go camping?” Sure,
by mjmahone17 6y ago
When do you need to? If your family never drives, you wouldn’t see a need to.
It’s almost like asking “well wouldn’t you want to be able to go camping?” Sure, if you grew up camping you might know you want that. But if you didn’t, why would you even think about going camping?
Similarly, if you’ve only lived in a city where you can hire a driver (cabs, moving vans, etc) as needed, why would you ever think you need to be able to drive? What is the situation you’ll be in where you need a license?
- vinay427 6y agoI've lived without a car for years but I still find a license invaluable for the few times I'm moving or helping someone move. It's much (much!) cheaper where I live to borrow a car from a friend or car share service than pay a moving service. I aim to never use a car except when moving or visiting family inaccessible to public transit.
- ghaff 6y agoLeaving aside that one office I do go into sometimes is in a suburban office park (but I suppose I can take commuter rail/Uber when I needed to go in). I have lots of friends scattered around the area. Most do not live in the city. It's very usual for me on weekends to go to the mountains/shore/skiing/etc. all of which need cars. (And the handful of people I know who live in e.g. SF without cars use Zipcar and rentals a lot to pickup things, etc.) When I travel in the US, I go places like national parks which all need cars to get to. I would absolutely not be fine with living in a city with no real way to get out of it.