View Poll Results: Why are you car-free?
Religious
4
7.02%
Environmental
36
63.16%
Financial
43
75.44%
Political
23
40.35%
Hard to Use (i.e., parking in NYC)
9
15.79%
Health-related
28
49.12%
Form of Protest (either publically or privately)
24
42.11%
Simplicity
39
68.42%
Just Cause
17
29.82%
Other
8
14.04%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 57. You may not vote on this poll
Why are you car-free?
01-16-06, 03:27 PM
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Great Point. I never thought about that, but it is true that a car-free place is a lot better and a lot more pleasant than the other. The other day I was wondering how would Boston look without all the street. Would it be sucha bad place? Hmm... Thanks for your comment.
01-16-06, 04:09 PM
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I expect a lot more enviroment votes, but I am happily surprised that people on this forums are more complicated then that.
01-16-06, 07:56 PM
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I have found myself financially unable to support a car. This makes me very happy. Enviromentally I don't believe that private transportation is a good thing. So even though not having a car makes it a little more difficult to get around I am happy with the trade off of being true to what I believe in- a sustainable economy and people friendly cities as well as rural areas. So for me besides financial/political it is also a protest. But most of all bicycling and kickscootering is just plain fun.
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01-17-06, 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by patc
Absolutely. Can't wait for the light-rail expansion to be done, the N-S line will run a few block from my place!
01-17-06, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by littledog
Enviromentally I don't believe that private transportation is a good thing.
Just think if we all lived in skyscraper apartments..minimizing our footprint.
01-17-06, 11:29 AM
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I feel that using a car in an urban centre is an unacceptable use of resources for one person.
01-17-06, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by thelung
I checked a bunch of reasons. My "other" reason is because it's fun.
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01-17-06, 01:51 PM
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Truth be told, I'm not carfree for any logical reason. I prefer to experience life directly and first hand, not from inside a steel exoskeleton. I like the feeling of being somewhere instead of just passing through. I feel the nuisance and absurdity of taking a giant machine, ten times my size, everywhere I go.
I don't care how the older two generations did things. It's like the end of Victorianism. When enough people feel suffocated and oppressed by the old ways, they'll sweep it all away and try something new. The time isn't yet right, but it may be coming.
I don't care how the older two generations did things. It's like the end of Victorianism. When enough people feel suffocated and oppressed by the old ways, they'll sweep it all away and try something new. The time isn't yet right, but it may be coming.
