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braunshade
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 Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:59 am Post subject: Where in the USA or Canada can you live w/o a car? |
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I am putting a list together of cities in North America where one can live comfortably with out relying on a car.
San Francisco
NYC
Boston
Vancouver?
Others? Show me your list! |
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Kim Jong Jordan
Joined: 13 Mar 2004
Location: The Internet
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:03 am Post subject: |
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| Guelph, Ontario |
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kimchi story
Joined: 23 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:27 am Post subject: |
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| Victoria, BC. I HATE being in Vancouver without a car. |
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J.B. Clamence
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:54 am Post subject: |
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| Chicago |
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zappadelta
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:49 am Post subject: |
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| I would say nowhere. |
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krats1976
Joined: 14 May 2003
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:10 am Post subject: |
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| Pretty much anywhere with a mass transit system. ... Which means pretty much anywhere. |
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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Seattle has a really good bus system and you can even strap your bicycle to the front of their buses. They might even actually expand the monorail some day like the voters have been voting for the city to do in referendums for years.
Too bad about the 8 months of clouds and rain, though. |
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ChopChaeJoe
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:03 am Post subject: |
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| Defintely NOT Houston, Texas, but you'll do allright in Austin, Texas ( a 100x better town anyways) if you can afford 20-40 bucks American a week in taxis. |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:05 am Post subject: |
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| krats1976 wrote: |
| Pretty much anywhere with a mass transit system. ... Which means pretty much anywhere. |
Really? Like Wyoming, South Dakota, and Montana? |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:10 am Post subject: |
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| Son Deureo! wrote: |
Seattle has a really good bus system and you can even strap your bicycle to the front of their buses. They might even actually expand the monorail some day like the voters have been voting for the city to do in referendums for years.
Too bad about the 8 months of clouds and rain, though. |
It ain't so bad. Better than mountains of snow and 5 months of winter like we get in Canada. |
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seoul_nhl
Joined: 18 Mar 2006
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| montreal |
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slow_life
Joined: 29 Dec 2006
Location: here
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:43 am Post subject: |
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Manhattan
downtown Minneapolis |
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Svetlana
Joined: 22 Jan 2007
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| I spent some time in Toronto, and it seemed quote nice. Transit was good and they had a fast metro. If you live in the city (not suburbs) you could easily live without a car. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Moose Jaw. |
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Sincinnatislink
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
Location: Top secret.
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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| krats1976 wrote: |
| Pretty much anywhere with a mass transit system. ... Which means pretty much anywhere. |
No. Mass transit does not mean reliable mass transit, or even adequate mass transit.
Cincinnati has not updated their bus routes significantly since the mid seventies. That and figure in that several places refuse to have stops in their neighborhoods, and you have a mess. The refusals for stops are generally to "keep out the urban element," so if you live in the area where it makes the most sense to not have a car, you're fucked. |
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