vw, good luck with the transition. DH would totally love to be in a position to give up our cars--basically meaning he'd love to live in a city with a good metro system/zip cars/trains, etc. like Boston, London, DC or NYC.
We're sucky Midwesterners with our wide open spaces, urban sprawl and gas sucking vehicles.
Once when my sister was working as a desk clerk in a hotel during law school, she met an Australian guest who had a bad cold. He asked where to find the nearest pharmacy so he could get some cold medicine and my twin gave him directions to the closest one--then suddenly realizing the guy had no car. She offered to drive him because it was on the outskirts of town, near busy freeways and it would have been at least four miles to get there. He just smiled when he turned down her offer and her concerns that it would be too far a distance to walk and said, "You Americans do love your cars, don't you?" (Only he said it with a truly sexy Australian accent.)
Heh. Ohio-ista Public Transport Sux! cross-post....
Kansas City is pretty sucky when it comes to public transit as well. The state line running through the metro doesn't help either.
Oh! Ohio! That's where Vishnu got all disgusted over the Holy Oil, right? OSU?
DH would totally love to be in a position to give up our cars--basically meaning he'd love to live in a city with a good metro system/zip cars/trains, etc. like Boston, London, DC or NYC.
I thought your DH wanted something like this:
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I really don't like driving in Chicago much. I've totally become public transportation's bitch, as when I think of the layout of the city I picture it in terms of what's near what train. I've only driven to work once this year.
I love driving on the highway, but it seems like I gotta drive two hours out of Chicago to get out of shitty traffic.
I love not having a car here, but when I'm at my parents' (in Maryland), I can't imagine not having one.
I hated driving in Chicago when I lived in Evanston. The worst part of the drive to Canada was the first couple of hours getting out of the city and around the lake into Michigan -- just a miserable stretch of road.
I thought your DH wanted something like this:
HA! He does love the power wagon--I think it's like a little boy fantasy or something. But I think if I told him I'd live in London, he'd chose London over the Dodge any day.
Just showed my boss the zip car. she is SO doing it
