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Originally Posted by johnnypd
Interesting map there Jonesy, thanks. 72 percent of households in central Newcastle don't have a car. Quick look round and I think that is the highest percentage outside of London. Makes sense I guess, lots of students live in that part of town, along with a good amount of poor people, while Newcastle tends to be better covered by public transport than most other cities. I'd also note that many rural/ small town areas up north, particularly County Durham but also parts of Yorkshire and Lancs are posting above 30 percent of households without a car. I wonder how these people are getting around.
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I guess if you work in the same small town that you live in (or you are retired) then you might not need to get around much, the town is probably small enough to walk around for day to day purposes and you can take a bus or train on the occasions you want to go somewhere else.
