I live in Portland, Oregon, and my house has a city bus stop with service every 15 minutes literally around the corner. If you walk 3-5 blocks, you can access 2

I live in Portland, Oregon, and my house has a city bus stop with service every 15 minutes literally around the corner. If you walk 3-5 blocks, you can access 2 more bus lines, and if you're willing to go 10 blocks you can get to half a dozen more. We have light rail (Trimet MAX) and the Portland Streetcar with just over a mile walk. It's one of the reasons we moved where we did. I work for Google, and Google Portland gives me a free unlimited transit pass, as our office is located on the downtown transit mall. I've literally never driven into the office; a 20 minute bus ride with less than a 2 block walk is incredibly nice. My family takes transit all the time; I have 3 teens old enough to get their licenses and none of them have put much effort into learning how to drive because they can get around well enough using transit. If you talk to our Baby Boomer neighbors, though, you'd think that the second you step foot on a bus or train you'll immediately be assaulted by violent junkies. We do have a big unhoused problem here (like everywhere) but my neighbors seem to think transit is only for the poor; it's sad, really, as many of them are getting to the age where they really shouldn't be driving.