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[quote=Anonymous]Until I was 30 I was in environments almost exclusively serviced by great public transportation or being able to walk. I had an apartment about 2 miles from my grad school in a city and do not regret all the physical exercise I used to get.

But it did get impossible to not be driving once I I got married and we had kids. My in-laws gave us two of their cars as a wedding present (and just rolled themselves into new ones).

I have probably driven a million miles since then.

Only recently as a retired person have I gone to thinking that I can probably get by without a car at all as long as there's uber etc. Me? I'm OK. I don't need to necessarily go anywhere in person anymore. I get everything else delivered.

But, again, I'm old and know the deal.

Your 20 yo daughter will feel the lack of a license acutely if she's not already somewhere like NYC. I could never take my turn driving on road trips (I was gas money girl). I could never go out to do anything unless someone was picking me up and dropping me back home (that last one is a danger issue).

It gets harder and harder to get back on the horse once you put up resistance and dig in your heels.

Driving is a basic skill, like it or not.

In a true "emergency" people will drive for you. Also, if it's someone else's "emergency" there are people to drive for that person.

But you also render yourself effectively less useful to yourself.

It's not quite the same thing as being terrified of dogs or birds or something, but it reminds me of the same syndrome. Just get over it.[/quote]

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