Can you live without your car?

I live out in the sticks so it would be hard

I’ve been without a car for over 30 years now. There are some cities where it wouldn’t work, but here, I can manage it.

Unfortunately not..public transport round here isn’t great

my city is sprawled. it would cost a fortune to get around, or take all day and night to get things done. public transport here is geared around tourists

Where I live, in the 'burbs, it's very convenient to have. It's an hour round trip to walk to the local Co Op. It's about an 18 minute drive into the city, which I go to quite often.

I don't have a car
I've a cycle
It's not hard

I don't have a car right now but I live and work in the same place. Once this job is over though, I will need a car and no way to not have one in order to live.

Not in this part of Ireland. We don’t have proper public transport

It's difficult to live without a car in this area, even just for a few days while it's in the shop. Unless the mechanic can get me a loner car, I'm stuck with no public transportation, no taxi service and no friends or family nearby to give me a ride. Rentals are unthinkably expensive.

I sold my car in TX before moving to AZ, because the car was over 10 yrs old and I knew it wouldn't be smart to try to drive it all the way to AZ.

I don't regret it, because there are lots of transportation options here.

I have no car of my own nor driving license. It works, it saves a lot of money. There's good communications here and I have a local store a few blocks down or I got the internet.

I have a 20 year old truck, and I would be stuck at home without it. No public transportation in our city.

I did not own a car until I was 28 years old. Up until then, I was living in cities with good public transportation.

But where I live now, I need one.

It is difficult.
I need clearance from three medical assessors before i can have my licence back.
Made twice as difficult since i don't have a diagnosis yet as to what they're not treating me for.

However. On those 'good days' when i'm without pain and am reasonably mobile, i'm trying to take advantage of subsidized bus fares around the country.
Which ironically is cheaper but gives me backache !

I have 4 of them and 3 motorcycles, so not a chance

I probably could. But I won`t.

I could but my life would be much harder. I have a couple neighbors that bike to get groceries and or walk. I have a work at home job and haven't had to go to an office for about a decade. I could make it work and I don't drive much but it is nice to have. I took a road trip today for instance.

Not unless I learn to fly!

It would be hard to drive places

I stopped driving a couple of years back as I couldn't face going out on the roads any more. I mainly walk unless I need to use public transport.

Yup ...

I actually never owned one for most of my life ...


It was a bit of a hassle but actually fun getting rentals and trying out new rides each time ...I would never rent the same type of vehicle twice ..

Yeah but I don't wanna 😁

I lose my mind when either of my BMWs are down.

It will become a legitimate emergency to me even though it really isn't.

Nope, I work 35 minutes from home, so it would probably take 3 hours on public transportation to get to work and then home again, so that is not an option.

I probably could. I work from home, its a 20 minute walk to the shops and 20 minute train into Edinburgh. I might need to hire one occasionally.

I'd love to give it up but most places are too far to walk to although I can walk to town in about 10-15 minutes. Yet I'd be limited to shops I never visit like the dollar tree.😏

Such American continent troubles!

I don't have a car, so I suppose the answer must be Yes.

Then again, how does cadging a lift from mates fit into the question?

😀

When we move back to the city in the next few weeks I will sell my car and have greater peace of mind without it. I find our roads increasingly hostile and frightening.

No, it would require substantial changes to my lifestyle. Plenty of time for that later when i can't drive any more.

For a little bit, but it’s hard because everything I need to get to isn’t in walking distance.

No way , I work in Road Construction.
And I clock 1000-1500 KM a week in my Hilux ute.

Where live, absolutely. Very good and cheap public transport and cycling infrastructure.

Yes but I need it for when I do groceries or move stuff. I’d have to get a Lyft or Uber every time.

I already do. Uber and public transit is much easier to use where I live.

20 or so miles from any decent town. That would be hard without a car

Nope! I need every one of them. I'm not driving much now but will be.

Easily. Europe designs their cities in such a way you can get to places without driving.

I could, because I have several motorcycles.

I’d love to live without the trips to the auto repair place 🤦🏻‍♂️

I could but it would be very inconvenient and cost more

It would be incredibly difficult and time consuming.

Probably, but it wouldn't be fun or even sensible.

I haven't owned a car in almost 20 years.

Easily. I've never owned or driven a car.

I could, and I may just do that soon. I hate driving. That being said, on Thursday I got my drivers license renewed for another 5 years. 🤣

I could and just rent it when I went out of town

Yep I could live without but wouldn’t like too

{@lilymoon] 😆never been an issue for me as i cannot drive lol

Maybe if I lived in a big city. But no.