>It's funny how many Americans conflate "living" with the possession of a car...
It's funny how out of touch many non-Americans (and to a greater than one would think extent, upper middle class Americans who live in a few select cities) are with the realities of day to day life in most of the US.
Except in a few select areas where transit is very good and the cost of owning a car is very high owning your own personal means of transportation goes hand in hand with a major quality of life improvement and it compounds your relative earning potential (by giving you more flexibility to work more lucrative jobs or reduce cost of living).
There's a reason it comes third after shelter and employment in the list of things you get as soon as you're out of jail (or a coma).
It's funny how out of touch many non-Americans (and to a greater than one would think extent, upper middle class Americans who live in a few select cities) are with the realities of day to day life in most of the US.
Except in a few select areas where transit is very good and the cost of owning a car is very high owning your own personal means of transportation goes hand in hand with a major quality of life improvement and it compounds your relative earning potential (by giving you more flexibility to work more lucrative jobs or reduce cost of living).
There's a reason it comes third after shelter and employment in the list of things you get as soon as you're out of jail (or a coma).