When Ellen first moved from New York to Los Angeles, she decided not to own a car as a “test”, she says. “I grew up without car culture in Vancouver, and I wanted to try it out for a year.”
Five years on, she still has no plans to buy one. “It’s certainly a stereotype that you can’t not drive [in LA], but a lot of people do get around without them. I sometimes dream of getting one for road trips, but I think I’ll just rent for now.”
Living without a car in NYC is pretty great. That’s whole categories of expenses I don’t have.
Took the train last night to an event, walked to a nearby bar, walked to get some pizza, took the bus home. Easy-peasy.
Someone in the friend group took a car (Lyft) home, but I can’t imagine wanting to spend like $30 to save maybe 20 minutes in that situation.