Originally Posted by donnamb

I seem to do just fine here in Portland. I perceive that my life was a great deal more stressful with the car than without. I can't speak for anyone else, but there are a lot of other car free folks around here, and they seem happy enough. My brother is for sure.

Now, my bro and I are in complete agreement that we would not be happy living car free where we grew up in metro Detroit. In fact, if you create a worst list, definitely put metro Detroit on it.