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NYC vs. Chicago vs. ??? (Car-free city)
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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:17 PM Author: tan spot 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=2Elisa#49036211) |
Date: June 20th, 2025 9:18 PM Author: opaque alpha I thought you basically needed a car in Chicago (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2Elisa#49036214) |
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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:23 PM Author: Light Hell 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=2Elisa#49036234) |
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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:24 PM Author: tan spot What do you guess the % of car-free people is in Chicago? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2Elisa#49036240) |
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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:30 PM Author: Light Hell 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=2Elisa#49036264) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 2:37 PM Author: Flickering Narrow-minded Shrine Gaming Laptop 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=2Elisa#49037687) |
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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:23 PM Author: tan spot 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=2Elisa#49036235) |
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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:30 PM Author: Light Hell 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=2Elisa#49036265) |
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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:37 PM Author: crusty house Mackinac Island (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2Elisa#49036277) |
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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:42 PM Author: Light Hell I would be excluding seasonal resort towns (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2Elisa#49036285) |
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Date: June 20th, 2025 10:15 PM Author: tan spot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2Elisa#49036356) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 10:41 AM Author: tan spot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2Elisa#49037204) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 10:46 AM Author: maniacal sneaky criminal dilemma 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: tan spot Is D.C. even in the conversation for car-free living? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2Elisa#49037421) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 10:47 AM Author: Mint Piazza 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=2Elisa#49037222) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 11:05 AM Author: pale cracking garrison 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=2Elisa#49037280) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 12:13 PM Author: tan spot Other places I'd consider are Seattle and D.C. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2Elisa#49037422) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 7:46 PM Author: lake stirring site ratface explain how seattle is possible car-free (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2Elisa#49038209) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 8:06 PM Author: tan spot 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=2Elisa#49038250) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 12:42 PM Author: tan spot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2Elisa#49037459) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 1:12 PM Author: tan spot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2Elisa#49037534) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 1:30 PM Author: tan spot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2Elisa#49037581) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 2:30 PM Author: Mint Piazza why don't you want a car? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2Elisa#49037675) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 7:41 PM Author: tan spot Never learned to drive (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2Elisa#49038204) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 8:25 PM Author: maniacal sneaky criminal dilemma Welcome back (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2Elisa#49038319) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 8:29 PM Author: Mint Piazza 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=2Elisa#49038333) |
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Date: June 21st, 2025 2:33 PM Author: Odious Address 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=2Elisa#49037681) |