Or, as people tend to build cars into their lives (living somewhere remote, or on an inaccessible estate in the sticks) why not try thinking about building your life around 'not' having a car?

You free up a lot of money if you're not ploughing it into a motor, so why not live more centrally, think about moving where you can walk to the shops / get decent public transport.

/smug
(Monchberter Can't go wrong with Doom, Sun 4 Mar 2012, 23:10, 2 replies)

I'm a GP registrar.
As a final year medical student I was placed in a different hospital every 6 weeks. As a doctor I have been in a different job every 4 to 6 months for the past 5 years. My latest placement is a 40 minute drive from my house. My contract states that I have to provide my own transport not only to get to work but also to visit patients at home.
Admittedly I could have gone into a different career but short of that the last decade would have been pretty impossible without a car.
( 2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Sun 4 Mar 2012, 23:24, closed)

I have yet to find such a thing as "decent public transport" - in this country, at least.
I looked into getting the bus to work instead of driving every day. I live in Derby, which although it's not the most citylike of cities I've ever known isn't exactly a backwater hamlet, and it's unworkable. Apart from the fact it was about four times the cost, the journey involved two buses, a short walk and at least an hour, whereas the car takes about 20 minutes, or 30 on a bad day.

See also my post below about trains
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Mon 5 Mar 2012, 16:10, closed)