> I wish that was the case, but it's 100% because of the dire financial situation Not necessarily so. I live 2 minutes from two tram lines and two bus lines.

> I wish that was the case, but it's 100% because of the dire financial situation Not necessarily so. I live 2 minutes from two tram lines and two bus lines. I live 4 minutes from a train station with a train every 15 minutes. It takes my 12 minutes door to door to the central train station and 25 minutes door to door to a 2nd tier European airport with excellent world wide connections. I'm a member of a car sharing cooperative with about a dozen cars within 10 minutes walking distance. I don't think that I rented one in the last two years because I just didn't need a car. And all this has really nothing to do with my financial situation. It's just that owning a car with public transport connections within walking distance would not add to my mobility in any reasonable sense.