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Groceries are probably my number one reason to keep a car. I can ride busses to and from grocery stores, but the inconvenience level of not only lugging tons of
by drusepth 5y ago
Groceries are probably my number one reason to keep a car. I can ride busses to and from grocery stores, but the inconvenience level of not only lugging tons of bags to/from but also dealing with your typical city life on the journey makes just using the car immensely more palateable. I've basically driven once every other week for the last year; for everything other than groceries, I walk or take transit.
However, there are a bunch of potential one-off situations that make owning the car (or at least having it on hand) important, too. For example, what can you do when you need an emergency vet visit? You're probably not going to be calling a rideshare or taking a bus for that. Those what-ifs are also a big reason I still have a car, even though I don't technically need one.