Originally Posted by gerv
For a long time, I lurked around Living Carfree. I had a car and felt you needed to be "pure" to join the community. Eventually, I discovered that many folks who post are "car-lite". Hopefully, at some time in the future, they can save some money and spare the atmosphere. In the meantime, this is a good place to learn that a car isn't the be-all or end-all of transportation...
The you must have a car or your a schmuck ideology is an American invention, invented by Henry Ford so he could sell more Model T's
Some of us, have been car lite forever, take me for example, my wife and I have one car, it's old, it has a number of small issues, but if it breaks down, there are alternatives, it needed a battery one time, and sat for 3 weeks with a dead battery, because I couldn't be bothered to go get a battery. I plan to add a rack to my bike for the summer, and we are debating about getting a bike for my wife, so medium haul trips don't need the car either. I better define medium haul, those trips that are too far to walk, but not far enough to require mass transportation. It also depends though on where you live and work, in large cities with good transit, it's easier to be car free/car lite.