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"Elitist?" "People claiming that their lifestyle is superior?"
I haven't seen that here-- can you give me an example?
What I see is people making defeatist and hopeless statements that cars are "necessary", and when anyone speaks up to share their experience and say they're not, they're labeled as simplistic, judgmental, short-sighted, condescending . . .
So, I gather that you currently don't have a commute because you "choose" not to work?
H3N3 said:"Elitist?" "People claiming that their lifestyle is superior?"
I haven't seen that here-- can you give me an example?
What I see is people making defeatist and hopeless statements that cars are "necessary", and when anyone speaks up to share their experience and say they're not, they're labeled as simplistic, judgmental, short-sighted, condescending . . .
So, I gather that you currently don't have a commute because you "choose" not to work?
I really don't want to turn this thread into a debate, but I would be more than happy to do so elsewhere.
I do work and am fortunate to do so from home. ; )
I always compare not having a car to not eating meat. If you don't like meat, don't eat it. If you dislike factory farming, the environmental consequences of meat eating, etc. but like meat, just eat less of it, and get it from better sources.
For me, not having a car makes sense; for others, it won't. It's probably better to worry less about being car free than about driving just as much as is necessary and no more. Car use is a spectrum, not an either/or.
The annualized cost of owning a car, in my experience, was $4-5k/year. My current transit costs, as described above, amount to about $1k/year. I look at the difference as a tax-free bonus of $3-4k a year.
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