Old 03-31-18, 03:35 PM
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Cyclist0108
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Originally Posted by Alligator
I’ve been trying to be car-lite for a few months now, with the ultimate goal of moving someplace where I can be car-free. I’m slowly getting used to it, but the one thing that is driving me crazy are the people who tell me how impractical I’m being. Or how ridiculous it is to bike everywhere. I constantly get questions like “Well, how are you planning to get to _____?” or “What if you need to ______?” They like to come up with scenarios where I would fail at being car-lite or car-free.
This is because they are trying to rationalize to themselves and to you why they need a car to survive.

(BTW, I put about 10K miles on a car since late August 2017, and none of that was commuting. So I have nothing to be proud of.)
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