There are places where owning a car is a burden. I have lived in such a place and I didn't like it. There are pther places where owning a car is pretty much essential.
I'd give up computers and the internet entirely before I gave up my car.
I'd give up computers and the internet entirely before I gave up my car.
We live in a rural area about 10 minutes drive from Olympia, the capitol city of Washington state.
There's a fair amount of public transit in and around Olympia, but none of it comes close to where we live. Uber doesn't serve this area, and taxis are rare and expensive.
My wife and I work from home, and drive our largely hydro-powered Tesla in to town a few times a week.
Zoom in on Houston or Dallas, Texas for cities heavily reliant on autos. Or just about any place not in a major coastal city in the United States.
It's more accurate to say that these coastal cities have certain enclaves where you don't need to own your own car but can take public transportion/walk or get an Uber in a pinch. Uber makes a big difference in increasing the size of the enclave, but having other people drive you around isn't car independence.