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> I just don't understand why anyone would drive in NYC. Everyone I know either doesn't have a car, or lives way outside the city and only drive to/from a nearb

> I just don't understand why anyone would drive in NYC. Everyone I know either doesn't have a car, or lives way outside the city and only drive to/from a nearby train station and ride into the city. I did not have a car for the first 4 years I lived in NYC. I have one now. Let me try to explain some reasons why someone may want a car in the city: * public transportation doesn't go where you need to go, or if it does, it takes unreasonably long. Example 1: you live in an outer borough, your job or family or love interest is in a different outer borough. Example 2: you are in a transit desert (e.g. certain parts of Queens). Example 3: you are an outdoor enthusiast and head out to the Gunks, Catskills, Hudson Valley, or the Delaware Water Gap every weekend. Example 4: you got your kid into an out of district elementary school because the nearby school is terrible, and the subway doesn't go there. * you regularly need to carry heavy or bulky objects. Example 1: you work in the trades. Example 2: you own a place and are renovating it DIY. Example 3: you operate a small brick and mortar business and regularly need to get supplies from Restaurant Depot etc. Example 4: you have a back yard and want to do some gardening. * you or someone in your household can't easily use public transportation. Example 1: injury, illness, or disability. Example 2: you have a baby in a stroller; buses require you to fold the stroller, many subway stations lack elevators.

midoridensha 3y ago
Your examples are all BS. If public transit isn't good enough, the answer isn't for people to drive cars, it's for the city to build more and better public transit. Complain to your elected officials, or vote for better ones. If you have a back yard and buy gardening stuff, you can pay to have it delivered. Any city with excellent public transit has no problem delivering cargo by van on surface streets. You don't need a car if you're disabled. Subway stations should have elevators, or you can use a taxi (subsidized by the local government) or disabled transit van. Any good city has this stuff. Stollers can be used on subways, and stations all have elevators in good cities. Here in Tokyo, parents use strollers on the subways all the time. It sounds like you live in some corrupt, backwards nation that can't build decent infrastructure.

midoridensha 3y ago

Your examples are all BS. If public transit isn't good enough, the answer isn't for people to drive cars, it's for the city to build more and better public transit. Complain to your elected officials, or vote for better ones. If you have a back yard and buy gardening stuff, you can pay to have it delivered. Any city with excellent public transit has no problem delivering cargo by van on surface streets. You don't need a car if you're disabled. Subway stations should have elevators, or you can use a taxi (subsidized by the local government) or disabled transit van. Any good city has this stuff. Stollers can be used on subways, and stations all have elevators in good cities. Here in Tokyo, parents use strollers on the subways all the time. It sounds like you live in some corrupt, backwards nation that can't build decent infrastructure.