I use public transportation to get to work when it snows (or did, before WFH). My 20-minute drive is an hour-long bus ride, assuming the buses are on time and m

I use public transportation to get to work when it snows (or did, before WFH). My 20-minute drive is an hour-long bus ride, assuming the buses are on time and my route is running that day. Longer if I have to find a connection. Longer if I miss the connection. I've got food in easy walking distance. A grocery store (two, if you count Wal-Mart) and a dozen fast-food restaurants. Clothes are mostly clear on the other side of town, unless we do our shopping at Wal-Mart. Same for about half the groceries we buy. My kid's school is in walking distance, which is a plus. Where we live now, the car's definitely a massive want, even if it's not a strict need. My spouse is really pushing for a move back to Southern California, and the implied greater reliance on automobiles that it implies.