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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My hope is that our generation that uses Uber and Lyft (and now Waymo) won’t be such pains in the ass when we hit that age.

I generally hate driving and can’t wait to just be able to call up a robo-car on my phone and go anywhere I want to go.

You still have your independence.[/quote]

I do suspect our generation and beyond will be easier to "give up the car keys".  But for our parents, it's a foreign concept to ask for help/take an Uber.  
My parents live in a CCRC where so much is available.  They finally utilized the services for the agency to "drive them to a doctor appt", well they have to wait, so it was a 4 hour service, they had to book only 2 days before (based on avaialabity), and it cost $30.  Money well spent.  I'm working on convincing them to do this for more and more things.  There are also shuttles to the local grocery stores.  And instacart works in their area.  But calling an Uber is harder.  But so far I've shown them that they can get 99% of where they need to go/obtain things without driving.  So far they've sold one car, and mostly only drive 2-3 miles.  But working on them giving up the car, and it's hard
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