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[quote=Anonymous]I definitely don't think you need a car to have kids in DC, especially if you live walking distance to pediatrician and childcare, and especially if you've been living without a car for a while. We did have a car because my ILs live in a place that it is much easier to drive to than fly to, but we mostly just walked everywhere with the DC when she was a baby. And we know other people in DC who have kids and no car at all. We live in Capital Hill and lots of our friends just do a combination of baby carrying, strollers, child seats on bikes (or those little wagons you attach), and then Ubers and car rentals when necessary. It works for them and I don't think they feel deprived. I would recommend making sure you investigate which carseats are easiest to install in a cab or rental without a base. Ours was okay for this (the nuna) but I think others might be even easier.

I do think here are other advantages to having a car with a kid in DC, and in the end we're glad we have one. But many of those advantages (being able to drive to parks or hiking opportunities that aren't near public transportation, having a reliable backup for getting our kid to school/childcare/classes if public transportation isn't an option or the weather is terrible, etc.) could be accomplished by signing up for Car-2-Go or something. If we didn't need the car to visit family, I think that's what I'd push for. My my DH also really likes having his own car, it's a security thing. I think if you have a place to park it, it's not that big of a deal.[/quote]

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