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Lol, absolutely not. I just came back from a trip to a national park that simply would not have been doable without my car. My commute into work each day would

Lol, absolutely not. I just came back from a trip to a national park that simply would not have been doable without my car. My commute into work each day would be significantly harder without my car. I wouldn't be able to visit much of my family without my car. I can get into the nearest city and town just fine on public transport, and that's what I do. But public transport here is spoke-hub. If you want to go somewhere that is moderately far away from a hub, it becomes incredibly difficult (and expensive). If you live in a city, and you never leave that city other than to go to other cities, then you absolutely do not need a car. Most other people do.

lasermike026 4y ago
Take public trans to the park. Hike and camp overnight. Your experience in the park will be heightened. Those memories will warm you into old age.
- bearmode 4y ago
  - Public transport doesn't go near to where I need to go - Camping overnight is both illegal, and less comfortable than the hotel I was basing my hikes out of I drove there, stayed at a hotel, and hiked out from that hotel every day. It was a very memorable trip. I then drove home. The alternative would have been to get a bus to the train station (40 minutes), a train to the south of the park (2 hours), get a bus from the train station to another town (only 2 buses a day, morning and night, so we'd have had to leave home much earlier or lose a day), get another bus from that town to another town, then get another bus from that town to another town. All whilst lugging a large suitcase, camera bag & gear, and another backpack between us. The buses would have taken another 3 hours. Then if I needed to get home in an emergency, or otherwise leave quickly, I'd have to redo it all backwards, and hope I could make that twice a day bus. No thanks, I'll just stick with my 1.5 hour drive from my front door to the hotel.

lasermike026 4y ago

Take public trans to the park. Hike and camp overnight. Your experience in the park will be heightened. Those memories will warm you into old age.

bearmode 4y ago
- Public transport doesn't go near to where I need to go - Camping overnight is both illegal, and less comfortable than the hotel I was basing my hikes out of I drove there, stayed at a hotel, and hiked out from that hotel every day. It was a very memorable trip. I then drove home. The alternative would have been to get a bus to the train station (40 minutes), a train to the south of the park (2 hours), get a bus from the train station to another town (only 2 buses a day, morning and night, so we'd have had to leave home much earlier or lose a day), get another bus from that town to another town, then get another bus from that town to another town. All whilst lugging a large suitcase, camera bag & gear, and another backpack between us. The buses would have taken another 3 hours. Then if I needed to get home in an emergency, or otherwise leave quickly, I'd have to redo it all backwards, and hope I could make that twice a day bus. No thanks, I'll just stick with my 1.5 hour drive from my front door to the hotel.