Re constraints, I am so glad not to own a car. (I am also glad to live somewhere where transit makes a car unnecessary and also to be able to rent a car when I need one for day trips and holidays.) If I owned a car, it would be so simple to think it’s simple just to drive everywhere, instead of transit or walking. My kids have never arrived at school except on foot or bike, and I’m grateful for that and also for all those invigorating morning journeys.
Not owning a car is an EXCELLENT example, and one you know I live too. To think I would have never rediscovered cycling, to think I would have not had so many wonderful walks with glimmers of beauty, to have gotten all that fresh air and exercise, all to sit in a car (which seem rather high maintenance to me).
Re constraints, I am so glad not to own a car. (I am also glad to live somewhere where transit makes a car unnecessary and also to be able to rent a car when I need one for day trips and holidays.) If I owned a car, it would be so simple to think it’s simple just to drive everywhere, instead of transit or walking. My kids have never arrived at school except on foot or bike, and I’m grateful for that and also for all those invigorating morning journeys.
Not owning a car is an EXCELLENT example, and one you know I live too. To think I would have never rediscovered cycling, to think I would have not had so many wonderful walks with glimmers of beauty, to have gotten all that fresh air and exercise, all to sit in a car (which seem rather high maintenance to me).