I have lived all my life without owning a car. This was much more awkward in Utah than it is here. I guess that people coming from New York might find the mass transit system less than stellar, but, well, that's New York, the only really top-notch mass transit system in the United States (my anecdotal evidence says). You've got the BART, you've got the MUNI, you've got CalTrain...you can get all kinds of places.
Admittedly, it's not as convenient as a car. But it's SO much cheaper!
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I was UNimpressed with NY public transit.
ReplyDeleteI certainly think there are several conveniences public transit has over cars. Particularly for urbanity.
Well, my labmate just walked out of the lab to go home and said in passing that MUNI was the worst mass transit system in America for a city of over 500,000 people.
ReplyDeleteNot that he has vast experience, I would think, having only lived in New York City and here (and Estonia, which is where he's from), but there's a third opinion for you!