> Friends visiting from out of town? I’ll pay for their hotel, so I can live in a smaller, cheaper, better located condo for the rest of the year.
Then friends won't visit, it's more of a hassle to schedule - however infrequent these visits are they'll be even less frequent.
> I have to schlep a bunch of kids far away? I’ll get a Modo minivan, a local car share, for a few hours. Let someone else maintain that gorgeous van.
You'll go fewer places and do fewer things if everytime you want to go somewhere you have to deal with getting a rideshare van.
> Need some outdoors time? Walk a couple blocks to a park. I’m not interested in mowing something I only use a couple hours a week.
No backyard cookouts, no sitting on the deck, you'll go to the park less frequently.
It's the same for the rest of it, there are good reasons to reduce some of these things but the reasons he gives dismiss the true value.
Even owning a car vs. rideshare, sure rideshare can work out to be cheaper (sometimes) but having every travel decision be a purchase decision is a lot of overhead and is a constant pressure not to go somewhere.