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> I think you can get by and do very well without a car in the modern world It very very heavily depends on the part of the modern world that you live in. A lo

> I think you can get by and do very well without a car in the modern world It very very heavily depends on the part of the modern world that you live in. A lot of ostensibly well-off, relatively dense areas in North America are completely unlivable without a car. Public transit isn't reliable enough, distances between your house and various amenities (parks, shops, transit) are too far, and roads are too narrow for walking (no sidewalk or shoulder and travel speeds of 60+ km/h in many places).

webnrrd2k 4y ago
To add to your point, it also depends on whether you have kids or other dependents, too. Very often there isn't any real choice in owning a car. Yes, it's possible to go without, but it's so difficult, or requires such a different lifestyle that it's just not practical. The choices have already been made, and there is no going back. I was raised by a single mom, and there is no way she could have provided for us as well as she did without a car. And she went through some real difficulties to have a working car. [edit: I should have added that this is in the US. It may be different in different places]