Originally Posted by
Robert Foster
You may be right but I have been to a lot of other countries with a lot of other life styles and some things seem to be pretty constant, a home, a job and some kind of transportation. Where do we go from there?
I could see advantages to living in a place like London where transportation is far more convenient. The underground is amazing and the bus service is great. In fact if you are anywhere in the hotel district and are heading for the airport you can pretty much jump on a airport bus for free. I wouldn’t want to ride a bike in downtown London however.
Very few people could afford to live in downtown London, one of the highest priced places on Earth, unless maybe they lived IN the Underground tube.
But downtown districts are not the only place to be carfree--not always even the best place to be carfree. Look for beautiful older neighborhoods just outside the downtown area, or close-in suburbs, or small and medium size cities.
Look to be within 5 miles of work and a decent grocery store, and the rest will fall into place. And you don't need MORE money to be carfree, as you seem to think, you need LE$$.