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NYC vs. Chicago vs. ??? (Car-free city)

Need to leave NYC in the next 14 months. Where else is worth...
Henna locale elastic band
  06/20/25
I thought you basically needed a car in Chicago
Bateful Private Investor
  06/20/25
unless you pick your neighborhood carefully and never want t...
Shivering brunch
  06/20/25
What do you guess the % of car-free people is in Chicago?
Henna locale elastic band
  06/20/25
no idea but I wouldn't count feral blacks or illegals, I don...
Shivering brunch
  06/20/25
I didn't have a car when I lived in Chicago. It's possible.
Adulterous aromatic affirmative action
  06/21/25
Is that true? I keep hearing people saying the transit is ac...
Henna locale elastic band
  06/20/25
nyc is the only city in America where car free makes any sen...
Shivering brunch
  06/20/25
Mackinac Island
Exhilarant Candlestick Maker
  06/20/25
I would be excluding seasonal resort towns
Shivering brunch
  06/20/25
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Henna locale elastic band
  06/20/25
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Henna locale elastic band
  06/21/25
Brother we're all like 42 now most of us haven't lived in &q...
Chocolate Regret
  06/21/25
Is D.C. even in the conversation for car-free living?
Henna locale elastic band
  06/21/25
it's technically *possible* to do it in chicago, if you choo...
infuriating cerebral hell toilet seat
  06/21/25
You can live car free in every big city if you are willing t...
domesticated pale mad-dog skullcap headpube
  06/21/25
Other places I'd consider are Seattle and D.C.
Henna locale elastic band
  06/21/25
explain how seattle is possible car-free
odious bawdyhouse rigpig
  06/21/25
I know people there who do it (a married couple). They live ...
Henna locale elastic band
  06/21/25
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Henna locale elastic band
  06/21/25
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Henna locale elastic band
  06/21/25
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Henna locale elastic band
  06/21/25
why don't you want a car?
infuriating cerebral hell toilet seat
  06/21/25
Never learned to drive
Henna locale elastic band
  06/21/25
Welcome back
Chocolate Regret
  06/21/25
Fair enough. I really do think NYC is the best choice car f...
infuriating cerebral hell toilet seat
  06/21/25
Large parts of Boston, Philly, and SF are accessible car fre...
supple sable base fortuitous meteor
  06/21/25


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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:17 PM
Author: Henna locale elastic band

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)



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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:18 PM
Author: Bateful Private Investor

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: Shivering brunch

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: Henna locale elastic band

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: Shivering brunch

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: Adulterous aromatic affirmative action

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: Henna locale elastic band

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: Shivering brunch

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: Exhilarant Candlestick Maker

Mackinac Island

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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:42 PM
Author: Shivering brunch

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: Henna locale elastic band



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Date: June 21st, 2025 10:41 AM
Author: Henna locale elastic band



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Date: June 21st, 2025 10:46 AM
Author: Chocolate Regret

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2...id.#49037217)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 12:13 PM
Author: Henna locale elastic band

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: infuriating cerebral hell toilet seat

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: domesticated pale mad-dog skullcap headpube

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: Henna locale elastic band

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: odious bawdyhouse rigpig

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: Henna locale elastic band

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: Henna locale elastic band



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Date: June 21st, 2025 1:12 PM
Author: Henna locale elastic band



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Date: June 21st, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: Henna locale elastic band



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Date: June 21st, 2025 2:30 PM
Author: infuriating cerebral hell toilet seat

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: Henna locale elastic band

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: Chocolate Regret

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: infuriating cerebral hell toilet seat

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: supple sable base fortuitous meteor

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)