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I'm in a car centric state so I don't know how that works, so bear with me.
Do you both just meet at a designated spot, like the restaurant? If that's the case, either can take the transportation they prefer.
Or,
Do you take transportation to her house, and then to the activity; once the date is done you take the public transportation with her to her house, and then to your home?
When I'm in San Francisco I'll sometimes take public transportation due to parking in some areas, but I've never experienced something like that in dating.
As others mentioned it depends where you live. I've never lived in NYC, but I have used PT for dates in Tokyo and London, and other large European cities. In Atlanta however, its better to take the car, though I have used the MARTA on a date there too (it beats being stuck in traffic and being late, which happened a few times). Where I live now in Sicily, you don't have option to use PT because its nearly non-existent.
Depends on norms for your metro area.
NYC, inside Manhattan, no problem.
DC, with Metro, if it went from A to B, probably ok.
Atlanta, even with Marta, not ok.
Los Angeles, definitely not ok.
Or you can just be like a douchey guy I went on a date with once and show up to pick me up on your street bike in the rain, then have your bank card declined after dinner.
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Short answer - all other things being equal - yes I would have an issue with it.
We have a good public transport system where I live and nobody uses it.
If you are in a decent sized city, you can go somewhere where it is easy to park. There's certain areas I avoid totally because of this one factor, and areas I frequent for the same reason.
If it is a "hassle" to pick your date up by car, then you shouldn't be going...you are obviously half hearted about it.
I usually meet with my dates at a public location. I doubt my dates (usually b/c I meet them online) would be comfortable being picked up by a guy they've never met live.
Decent sized city is not the only qualifier. I moved from Louisville, KY which is about the same amount population-wise as Washington DC. Finding parking in Louisville was a cinch since they have a crazy amount of inexpensive garage parking and you can usually find street parking easy Downtown and everywhere in the more suburban parts has a oversized parking lot. DC is a totally different story.
Unbelievable answers here. No I don't mind at all. I am a huge supporter of PT and weening people off driving to every single corner of a city. If someone has a problem with me pulling out from a bus stop or metro, take your close-minded ass home.
It just depends on where you live. It would be silly to drive to certain parts of Chicago when it's much easier to just take public transit. I like public transit anyway and respect someone's choice to save money and make the roads less busy.
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