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Sigh, I'm stuck in a small city(pop 400k) right now. Hopefully I can move back to some big city after a couple of years.
Actually, you can still drive your car in many big cities, like LA.
The primary reason I prefer big city life isn't public transportation, though. Actually, I don't know many people who genuinely prefer small town living if cost(home price) isn't a factor.
It’s sounds like you’re having trouble adapting. Just switch up your hobbies from going clubbing or to the opera or whatever you big city folks do all day, and go kayaking, hunting, fishing, 4 wheeling, etc. Buy a big truck with huge tires and buy a big house with a huge yard for a fraction of the price of a 1 bedroom studio in a big city. Instead of paying more rent, you could own more toys.
I did 3 months of Amtrak to Philly for 3 nights in center city last year. Commuter rail, subway, and PATCO to New Jersey work fine. Rail to the airport could be more frequent than every 30 minutes. I was fine without a car. Uber works fine.
You can live in Boston without a car. The T has good coverage
I like to have ownership of everything. I need my car in small or big city. I need to go anywhere as I please without waiting for anyone. I had no car for 2 days and I felt handicap.
A chaçun son gout.
As long as you understand how others don't necessarily feel constrained - or even feel liberated - by not owning a car, I'm fine with this.
Personally, I'm glad I can get "wheels when I want them" and not have to pay for them when I don't.
I'll take a car and country living any day of the week. I hate big cities. I don't even like to visit one. But if I didn't need a car, and owning one actually caused more problems than its worth, then I'd sell the car and use public transportation. I'd rather pay someone else to navigate through the moving madness.
Suppose you lived in a big city like NYC, London, Paris, Tokyo, Barcelona where the publication transportation is pretty reliable, would you still choose to be a car owner?
I think I wouldn't. Actually I hardly needed to drive when I lived in Shanghai.
In other words, I am a car owner because the lack of public transportation where I live forces me to.
I have. My family who live in NYC even own cars.
The reason being, how do you go hiking, skiing, to the beach, or to visit friends who live two hours away without a car? How do you pick up lumber, sacks of soil, a large tv, etc., without a car?
That doesn't mean I don't use public transportation, though. I like my cars and I would rather put miles on them doing the things I listed above than wearing it down commuting.
I would only not own a car if I lived somewhere that would cost a small monthly fortune to secure a parking space for it, like Manhattan.
It’s sounds like you’re having trouble adapting. Just switch up your hobbies from going clubbing or to the opera or whatever you big city folks do all day, and go kayaking, hunting, fishing, 4 wheeling, etc. Buy a big truck with huge tires and buy a big house with a huge yard for a fraction of the price of a 1 bedroom studio in a big city. Instead of paying more rent, you could own more toys.
Remember the 1960s TV sitcom "Green Acres"?
It centered on an Odd Couple whose husband loved rural living but whose wife preferred big-city glamour. Hubby dragged Wifey along to the boonies, and the comedy flowed in part from the cultural disconnect.
Some folks simply prefer the sorts of pleasures big cities offer, while others like the things you can do in the wilds.
It's not as simple as just shedding one skin and putting on another, chameleon-like.
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