"Cars and Independence" (Art by Sylvia Odhner)
"Cars and Independence" (Art by Sylvia Odhner)
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I realized this very quickly when I moved to the city. No longer had to worry about parking, gas, insurance, how to get home when i'm tired or drunk. It's pretty great.
Having experienced both sides of the coin, living in a city came with other downsides. My bike was stolen twice, my backpack once, my basement was broken into, I didn't know my neighbors, my car was broken into and I didn't have any space for any kind of hobby. I even got into SOTA because I couldn't even install a long wire antenna anywhere and the HF (and actual audio) noise levels were off the charts. Living in the boonies now with a bunch of great neighbors, I own a few hectares of forest, I'm happy to pay some money for mobility in exchange for all that.
happy to pay some money for mobility in exchange for all that.
Most of the costs are probably externalized and not paid for by you
Also good neighbors vs bad neighbors isn't intrinsic to city vs country. You could easily have a neighbor out there that shoots guns unsafely , or feeds bears, or whatever. I had a whole DND crew here in the city that we could walk to each other's places.
But this is kind of getting off the topic of cars aren't the freedom people say they are.