Quote: (04-02-2012 03:40 PM)MikeCF Wrote:
Quote: (04-02-2012 02:08 PM)el mechanico Wrote:
Why would you want to be carless in SoCal? The option would cost more unless you stay in all the time. Not having wheels is a pain in the ass. Run out of smokes then what? Call a cab?
Live in an area with a high walk score.
http://www.walkscore.com/CA
That site doesn't tell the whole picture. There are neighborhoods where the walk score is 98 or 99.
Work in the same area you live in.
A friend of mine lived in Santa Monica, biked to his job (where he was making $200,000+), and never needed to drive.
You can walk to good restaurants, bars, shopping, movies...whatever.
Cab it on the weekend if you want to go farther. Do that, anyway, to avoid a DUI.
Take a shuttle to LAX when you need to fly somewhere.
Going carless is SoCal is very easy.
That is a VERY narrow example. Santa Monica is LA's premier beach town and is highly desirable as a place to live. Most people are priced out from ever living there and the odds of you having a job where you live is very low.
For every Santa Monica, I can name hundreds of places throughout Socal where not having a car is suicide.