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

Need to leave NYC in the next 14 months. Where else is worth...
histrionic carmine indirect expression
  06/20/25
I thought you basically needed a car in Chicago
Rambunctious half-breed
  06/20/25
unless you pick your neighborhood carefully and never want t...
Marvelous Library Pistol
  06/20/25
What do you guess the % of car-free people is in Chicago?
histrionic carmine indirect expression
  06/20/25
no idea but I wouldn't count feral blacks or illegals, I don...
Marvelous Library Pistol
  06/20/25
I didn't have a car when I lived in Chicago. It's possible.
Flickering Emerald Range
  06/21/25
Is that true? I keep hearing people saying the transit is ac...
histrionic carmine indirect expression
  06/20/25
nyc is the only city in America where car free makes any sen...
Marvelous Library Pistol
  06/20/25
Mackinac Island
frum hunting ground
  06/20/25
I would be excluding seasonal resort towns
Marvelous Library Pistol
  06/20/25
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  06/20/25
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histrionic carmine indirect expression
  06/21/25
Brother we're all like 42 now most of us haven't lived in &q...
talented skinny woman
  06/21/25
Is D.C. even in the conversation for car-free living?
histrionic carmine indirect expression
  06/21/25
it's technically *possible* to do it in chicago, if you choo...
big lake azn
  06/21/25
You can live car free in every big city if you are willing t...
Exhilarant Dingle Berry Kitchen
  06/21/25
Other places I'd consider are Seattle and D.C.
histrionic carmine indirect expression
  06/21/25
explain how seattle is possible car-free
carnelian place of business school cafeteria
  06/21/25
I know people there who do it (a married couple). They live ...
histrionic carmine indirect expression
  06/21/25
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  06/21/25
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  06/21/25
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histrionic carmine indirect expression
  06/21/25
why don't you want a car?
big lake azn
  06/21/25
Never learned to drive
histrionic carmine indirect expression
  06/21/25
Welcome back
talented skinny woman
  06/21/25
Fair enough. I really do think NYC is the best choice car f...
big lake azn
  06/21/25
Large parts of Boston, Philly, and SF are accessible car fre...
Yellow business firm
  06/21/25


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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:17 PM
Author: histrionic carmine indirect expression

Need to leave NYC in the next 14 months. Where else is worth it?

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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:18 PM
Author: Rambunctious half-breed

I thought you basically needed a car in Chicago

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2],#49036214)



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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:23 PM
Author: Marvelous Library Pistol

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],#49036234)



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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:24 PM
Author: histrionic carmine indirect expression

What do you guess the % of car-free people is in Chicago?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2],#49036240)



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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:30 PM
Author: Marvelous Library Pistol

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],#49036264)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 2:37 PM
Author: Flickering Emerald Range

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],#49037687)



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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:23 PM
Author: histrionic carmine indirect expression

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],#49036235)



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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:30 PM
Author: Marvelous Library Pistol

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],#49036265)



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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:37 PM
Author: frum hunting ground

Mackinac Island

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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:42 PM
Author: Marvelous Library Pistol

I would be excluding seasonal resort towns

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2],#49036285)



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Date: June 20th, 2025 10:15 PM
Author: histrionic carmine indirect expression



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Date: June 21st, 2025 10:41 AM
Author: histrionic carmine indirect expression



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Date: June 21st, 2025 10:46 AM
Author: talented skinny woman

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],#49037217)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 12:13 PM
Author: histrionic carmine indirect expression

Is D.C. even in the conversation for car-free living?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2],#49037421)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 10:47 AM
Author: big lake azn

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],#49037222)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 11:05 AM
Author: Exhilarant Dingle Berry Kitchen

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],#49037280)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 12:13 PM
Author: histrionic carmine indirect expression

Other places I'd consider are Seattle and D.C.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2],#49037422)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 7:46 PM
Author: carnelian place of business school cafeteria

explain how seattle is possible car-free

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2],#49038209)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 8:06 PM
Author: histrionic carmine indirect expression

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],#49038250)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 12:42 PM
Author: histrionic carmine indirect expression



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2],#49037459)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 1:12 PM
Author: histrionic carmine indirect expression



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Date: June 21st, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: histrionic carmine indirect expression



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Date: June 21st, 2025 2:30 PM
Author: big lake azn

why don't you want a car?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2],#49037675)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 7:41 PM
Author: histrionic carmine indirect expression

Never learned to drive

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2],#49038204)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 8:25 PM
Author: talented skinny woman

Welcome back

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2],#49038319)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 8:29 PM
Author: big lake azn

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],#49038333)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 2:33 PM
Author: Yellow business firm

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],#49037681)