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Of all the things I read on the internet today, this might be the most mind blowing one - you lived there for 10 years and don't know a single person with a car
by duck 3y ago
Of all the things I read on the internet today, this might be the most mind blowing one - you lived there for 10 years and don't know a single person with a car in Toronto?
- CosmicShadow 3y agoThat is the portrait of a typical Torontonian.
- xcxcx 3y agoThey don't know a single person with or without a car
- selectodude 3y agoIsn’t highway 401 the widest freeway in the world? No cars though, eh.
- wlonkly 3y agoIt is! But like New York City, if you live in the built-up urban area, a car is often more of a hindrance than a benefit. Ridiculous parking rates, a good transit system, a mostly-flat city with an okay cycling network, dealing with car ownership isn't worth it. I lived in Toronto for 14 years, sold the car I arrived with after two years, and bought a car a couple years before the pandemic after we moved into a less central, but still urban, neighbourhood. Neither car had dedicated parking, we had a street parking permit which meant I could usually park within a block of home. I did know people with cars, but I knew a lot more people without. The main reason we bought a car in 2018 was that Car2Go, which offered one-way car share trips in Smart cars, pulled out of the city. On the other hand, if you live in the suburbs, you virtually have to have a car. The 401 at rush hour is filled with people coming in and out of the city core.