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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn't be shocked that if one really did the math of owning a car vs. taking reasonable public transport/ubers/zip cars/Turo...that car ownership would lose for many/most people.

The issue is that rural areas are not well served by any of the alternatives above.

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We have three kids and no car, and it's a delight. We rent a car probably 3-4 times a year for 4-10 days (vacations, mostly), and then we have a zipcar membership, and we probably rent a zip car a month. And we probably take an average of... 5? Round trip cab/uber rides a month. We both have a pre-tax employer match on our SmarTrip money, so that cost is almost nothing. We pay an absolute fraction of the costs of most people on transportation. That's less than $5k a year total for a family of five. Unbeatable. Plus never worrying about repairs, parking, saving for a new car... when we first went car free we thought it'd be a headache worth the savings but it's actually also a headache saver. And we walk a ton, which is fabulous exercise - good for mental and physical health. It's really been such an awesome switch (and we sold the last car before the birth of the first kid).

And we're not poor either - HHI roughly $250k.[/quote]

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