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Old 07-27-14 | 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
Given the situation and the advantages of having a car available that you describe in the above paragraph, what is keeping you from getting it?
Because I proved to myself I didn't need one, that's why. A little stubborn thinking there I guess. I just don't like the idea of a car rusting away in my driveway (only to be driven maybe once a month at most).

Originally Posted by Roody
Response time for EMT is 60 minutes? That's very surprising, for any region besides Alaska. A town that would allow that to happen is not a town I would want to live in! I guess a residence would have to be well over 50 miles from the nearest town/hospital/volunteer fire department to have a one-hour response time.
We live about 45miles from the nearest hospital. The response time may be exaggerated a little but that's what I was told by a distant neighbor, as we never had a serious emergency that required calling 911. I understand the concern with being car free in this situation but in the 5 years we've lived here we never had a urgent emergency *knock on wood*
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