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Really? I live in SF, with a car that I haven't touched in over a year. I mean that literally. Not for grocery runs, not for weekend trips, not for visits to fr
by jonnathanson 13y ago
Really? I live in SF, with a car that I haven't touched in over a year. I mean that literally. Not for grocery runs, not for weekend trips, not for visits to friends' houses, not for drives to work. It sits in my garage, collecting dust.
For groceries, there's a Safeway two blocks from my place (and also Amazon Fresh or Google Express). For anything else, there's UberX, Lyft, bike, Caltrain, and BART. (MUNI is, well, ostensibly an option, but I'll leave it be and maintain my uneasy peace with its existence.)
There's no question that NYC has a much better, more extensive, and more connected subway system. No question whatsoever. But SF's isn't bad at all.
Granted, I am an LA native, so I am predisposed to think of the mere presence of some form of public transportation as magical.
- jacques_chester 13y agoI guess I should've said "without using a car". I could catch a cab, use uber etc to get from downtown Manhattan to deepest Queens. But why would I? I'm from Perth, Australia, a city which several observers have compared to LA. So I hear you on public transport.