Can I manage without a car?

It has been a pain in my butt for me mostly. Cause I hate driving.I would rather be a passenger on a bus I think. That way I can focus on reading, looking out the window. It's not like I don't like to travel sometimes, just that driving is stressful and the cost of maintaining a used car has always been a financial worry. By the time I pay for new tires, the AC goes out. If I had perhaps a new car I might change my tune.

@lookatdesktop my car isn’t even 2 years old. My husband’s SUV is 9 years old but has never given us any trouble.

Having that on the ready is basically the best alternative to having one's own vehicle, and the convenience of having it right outside your door is what makes your way of getting around the best choice alternative. In certain cities, the traffic is horrendous. I mean, even in Dallas, but I have been through such cities as Austin, TX, Chicago, IL, Detroit, MI and so forth. They are trying to provide electric scooters in Dallas for rental and also Lime Bikes. The people in Dallas, just don't get it. They would rather drive, ONE PERSON PER CAR, on the local roads and freeways just because they feel like they can do it no other way. That is why Dallas is pretty congested and the effort to create more light rail and pedestrian walk paths along bridges and buses, to make it easy on the traffic situation, is defeating the purpose. Reason being, there are no new roads, just an effort to widen the existing freeways around the city and nothing being done to repain and properly maintain existing roads, probably due to not having enough funding for the DOT.

@lookatdesktop Yes people wont give up their cars very readily understand.

@lookatdesktop Yes they will have to bring down the price of the electric cars

That doesn't seem very good in many ways. Are places of interest positioned at leaste, in nearby areas that do not require a very long commute?

@lookatdesktop You're right. I often listen to the music on my mobile phone on my way to school.

@caopaopao , Yes, I find it relaxing and takes my mind off the things that are mundane and repetitious and adds a little pleasure to an otherwise dull ride.

Well, looks like there is no room to drive anyway. One less car means more space between drivers and their bumpers. Moreover, less air pollution in general.

@lookatdesktop Thats very true

Not at all. I hate that. I do not hesitate to drive under those circumstances and basically I am spoiled by having a car, an old one but a car nonetheless. So I am a hypocrite.