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This is the percentage of households in 2016 that do not have a car available to them. It comes from the 2016 US Census American Community Survey, 1 year table B08201 (http://factfinder2.census.gov). Only cities of at least 250,000 people (2016 estimates) were counted. Below we also have the change in households from 2010 to 2016 without a car.
My guess is that, when you get down to the smaller of these cities that have major universities, a high percentage of households without cars are associated with the students.
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Originally Posted by manitopiaaa
Why are Philadelphians buying so many cars?
My best guess? Because a lot of the good, high paying jobs are out in the 'burbs (Conshohocken, King of Prussia, West Chester, Cherry Hill, etc) because of the wage tax. And those areas, while you can get there by public transportation, are designed for cars. Public transportation is very inconvenient to use to get to those office parks.
"All the progress we see is real, but it’s just part of the truth. The other part is that some 39 percent of working Philadelphians are currently commuting out of the city for their jobs."
As well as those that have one, but do not necessarily need one.
I’ve owned a car in both Boston and Chicago, and I didn’t need one in either. I already owned a car when I moved there, and neither city is car prohibitive.
Frankly, I find it shocking that 45% of NYC households have cars. I lived in New York over 20 years and I may have known 10 people who had cars.
Car ownership is a lot higher in places like Staten Island, Queens, etc.
Here is each borough for 2016 and the car ownership %:
* Staten Island: 82.1%
* Queens: 63%
* Brooklyn: 44.6%
* Bronx: 41.3%
* Manhattan: 24%
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Originally Posted by Ant131531
I wonder what the percentage of people who CHOOSE not to own a car vs. those who can't own a car in these cities is.
Yep. I think you'll find a bunch of people in cities like NYC, Chicago, Boston, DC, SF, etc who can afford cars but choose not to. Most of my friends in both Chicago and NYC could definitely afford a car but didn't do it. The people I knew who own cars in Chicago in some of the dense areas barely even used them. One of my friends was originally from Michigan and literally only had his car so he could drive back to his parents in Michigan for a weekend every other month. It sad idle 99.9% of the other times.
My best guess? Because a lot of the good, high paying jobs are out in the 'burbs (Conshohocken, King of Prussia, West Chester, Cherry Hill, etc) because of the wage tax. And those areas, while you can get there by public transportation, are designed for cars. Public transportation is very inconvenient to use to get to those office parks.
"All the progress we see is real, but it’s just part of the truth. The other part is that some 39 percent of working Philadelphians are currently commuting out of the city for their jobs."
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