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NYC vs. Chicago vs. ??? (Car-free city)
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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:17 PM Author: Zippy Windowlicker Need to leave NYC in the next 14 months. Where else is worth it? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49036211) |
Date: June 20th, 2025 9:18 PM Author: cobalt bbw I thought you basically needed a car in Chicago (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49036214) |
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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:23 PM Author: Drunken house personal credit line unless you pick your neighborhood carefully and never want to leave it, you will (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49036234) |
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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:24 PM Author: Zippy Windowlicker What do you guess the % of car-free people is in Chicago? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49036240) |
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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:30 PM Author: Drunken house personal credit line no idea but I wouldn't count feral blacks or illegals, I don't think very many umc white people try to pull chicago off with no car, I've certainly never known one whereas most people I've known in nyc go car free (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49036264) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 2:37 PM Author: Honey-headed Meetinghouse Tattoo I didn't have a car when I lived in Chicago. It's possible. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49037687) |
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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:23 PM Author: Zippy Windowlicker Is that true? I keep hearing people saying the transit is actually better than NYC (or at least less crowded?) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49036235) |
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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:30 PM Author: Drunken house personal credit line nyc is the only city in America where car free makes any sense, you're just fighting reality here, learn to drive jew (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49036265) |
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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:37 PM Author: white deer antler church building Mackinac Island (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49036277) |
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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:42 PM Author: Drunken house personal credit line I would be excluding seasonal resort towns (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49036285) |
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Date: June 20th, 2025 10:15 PM Author: Zippy Windowlicker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49036356) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 10:41 AM Author: Zippy Windowlicker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49037204) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 10:46 AM Author: Sticky gaping Brother we're all like 42 now most of us haven't lived in "cities" for a decade
To answer your question though unless you're young NYC is the only city in America where you won't miss a car. Even places like Chicago, Boston, etc. are pretty limited in that you're mostly restricted to whatever transit line you're closest to, which isn't bad if you're 23 and live nearby friends but gets far more annoying with age. |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 12:13 PM Author: Zippy Windowlicker Is D.C. even in the conversation for car-free living? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49037421) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 10:47 AM Author: shimmering exhilarant theater queen of the night it's technically *possible* to do it in chicago, if you choose an apt shrewdly, agree to ride the bus (which no one in our socioeconomic group does), and take frequent ubers. it's really not common though, outside of students, broke redditors, and people trying to do it to prove a point or whatever. most people have a car even if they ride the el to work. if car free is important to you nyc is a tier above (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49037222) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 11:05 AM Author: fuchsia stage You can live car free in every big city if you are willing to just take Ubers everywhere. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49037280) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 12:13 PM Author: Zippy Windowlicker Other places I'd consider are Seattle and D.C. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49037422) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 7:46 PM Author: chartreuse codepig explain how seattle is possible car-free (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49038209) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 8:06 PM Author: Zippy Windowlicker I know people there who do it (a married couple). They live in downtown and rely on transit / Ubers / their feet to get where they need to go. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49038250) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 12:42 PM Author: Zippy Windowlicker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49037459) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 1:12 PM Author: Zippy Windowlicker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49037534) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 1:30 PM Author: Zippy Windowlicker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49037581) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 2:30 PM Author: shimmering exhilarant theater queen of the night why don't you want a car? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49037675) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 7:41 PM Author: Zippy Windowlicker Never learned to drive (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49038204) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 8:25 PM Author: Sticky gaping Welcome back (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49038319) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 8:29 PM Author: shimmering exhilarant theater queen of the night Fair enough. I really do think NYC is the best choice car free. But yeah with a shrewd apt location, and either an easy commute (or remote), near grocery stores (or lots of good delivery), and willingness to take a lot of Ubers, I guess you could do it someplace like Chicago, Boston, Seattle, Miami Beach (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49038333) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 2:33 PM Author: aggressive generalized bond Large parts of Boston, Philly, and SF are accessible car free. You sacrifice some but it’s not like you can’t go anywhere like Houston. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49037681) |