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If you ditched your car, could you afford to leave the suburbs for a great urban neighborhood? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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This is the question posed on CityNerd video titled "Walkable Cities But They Keep Getting More Affordable"

If you ditched your car, could you afford to leave the suburbs for a great urban neighborhood?

Ray Delahanty answers the question in the 26 biggest US cities.

The analysis assumes the all-in cost of owning and operating a car is $1,000 per month, including purchase, insurance, fuel, and maintenance.

In the city, transportation costs might total about $250 per month for transit passes, biking, ride-hailing, and other small expenses.

This results in an effective $750 per month increase in the housing budget for city center residents who do not own a car.

The results of the video are quite interesting, as you can get more m² in walkable areas in most cities

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[–] 3 points 8 months ago*

All of the above, depending on exact conditions

  • when I was entirely without a car, I just walked. I was single so carrying groceries usually worked ok. As a first Thanksgiving when I got married I Walked to the grocery like 5 times for all the stiff we needed and didn’t think of ahead of time
  • I saw plenty of people with carts and tried that a few times
  • I briefly tried delivery
  • I saw people using taxis - I didn’t realize at the time but many of them compromised by walking to and taxiing back
  • I have usually had a car though, even if groceries was my only weekly trip (plus occasional needs)

Actually now that I live in an urban suburb, I could do a lot without a car but carrying groceries is not worth the fight to find an alternate way

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