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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:15 AM Original message |
What would it take for you to go carless? |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'd have to move. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. Living in an area where I could |
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Divameow77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
3. I couldn't imagine not having a car |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. in a backpack |
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Divameow77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. A backpack would mean a lot more trips to the store |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 06:29 PM Response to Reply #38 |
59. Me neither. A taxi isn't that silly, really when you do the numbers |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. Only when there is public transportation in my area. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. Have to move. No public transporation here and riding a bike |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. SUVs won't intentionally hit you |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
6. Good mass transit |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
7. Mom's Taxi would have to take an alternate form |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
8. Good public transportation such as a subway that wouldn't take me |
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toadzilla (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
9. I would love to get rid of my car. |
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RedStateShame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
11. A small electrical glitch in my car that costs too damned much to fix... |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
12. We're *this close* to going carless... |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
14. a move to somewhere warm |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
15. taterguy, are you carless and how did you do it? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:10 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I was for 10 years |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. was this in a warm climate? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:25 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. It's North Carolina |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:53 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Where in NC? I'm thinking of moving there and am looking for someplace |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. The Triad |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 11:08 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. North Carolina is not Chicago |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I'd probably bike in 10 degree weather |
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jakefrep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
16. For one, moving somewhere that has decent public transport |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
17. I'd need to work closer to home |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
20. What it _took_ |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:22 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. oh rub it in why don't you? |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:23 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Hi, MrC! |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. that was almost going to be my answer: move to europe |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:25 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. When I first started using public transportation, |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
24. a system as utilitarian as MUNI... |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
28. Affordable, accessible, and safe public transportation. |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
29. For us, a change of career. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
30. A new job... my car is my office. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
31. Already there. |
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Tyrone Slothrop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
34. I haven't had a car in over 4 years |
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gfindu (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
36. always need a car |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. You don't need a car to enjoy the outdoors |
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gfindu (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. True |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Does it come with a roof rack and a trailer? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Actually |
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belladonna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
39. I'd love to get rid of my car |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
41. Reliable public transport or |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
42. I'm driving the Freepmobile until... |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
43. As I go to college in a rural area, |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
45. probably going to happen |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
46. A big move, short of a transportation revolution. |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
47. a good five-gaited hoss...preferrably a buckskin |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
48. I need my car for my job, though I do work from home which |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
50. A slower society. |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
51. If I lived in a city with good public transportation |
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Ariana Celeste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
52. My SO and I are carless |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 03:53 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. LAZY!!!!! |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
54. Moving |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
55. I would need to get a new job. |
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vickitulsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
56. You don't need to get rid of the car to eliminate the problems |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
57. Been there, done that. |
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TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
58. If I lived in NYC |
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ganeshji (401 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
60. Been carless before |
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