Quote:
Originally Posted by JManc
How the city was developed and continue to urbanize makes all the difference and very few cities are conducive to living car free.
|
And even then, it's not always just about the urbanist holy grail of "living car free".
There's
A LOT of space between "I need a car to accomplish virtually every daily task" and "I don't own a car at all".
I take the L to work everyday. my self-employed wife works from home. Our two kids walk to and from school everyday. Much of our daily shopping needs are accomplished on foot within our neighborhood.
But we are not "living car-free".
We're a middle class family of 4 who live in neighborhood Chicago where owning a car is not particularly onerous and we can comfortably afford to do so.
So we do.
Because sometimes it makes life a million times easier.