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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sigh. My niece, who is now 25, STILL CANNOT DRIVE.  Her younger brother, who is now 23, can.

She was always "too busy" but I think she was just scared.  She also didn't learn to ride a bike (I kid you not) until about 5th grade when her mother FORCED it - as in, if you want to do that thing, you will need to ride your bike to it.

Her younger brother?  Bike riding in 1at grade.

I think my sister should have PUSHED her to learn to drive in high school - now she's a 25 yr old who has to function (and spend $) with Lyft and Uber AND is trying to hide that she can't drive with her colleagues at work. And she lives in a big city so that's not a great place to learn to drive! Yes, she can have cat litter delivered by Chewy (and does) but honestly, imagine not being able to just jump in the car and drive to the store to pick something up???  I cannot![/quote]

Spending money on Lyft and Uber if you live in a big city is easily far cheaper than owning a car (up-front cost, insurance, gas, maintenance, etc.).[/quote]

I think the folks who live in car-dependent areas don't understand how fully city-dwellers have clocked the costs of transportation. I know my mom comes to visit and is utterly mystified about why I might choose metro vs rideshare vs driving for any one trip. Eg, If it's just the two of us and we're going somewhere easily metro accessible, that's $12 round trip, cheaper than rideshare round trip, often faster than driving depending on traffic, and cheaper than $22 parking... But if we're going somewhere less metro accessible with free or cheap parking, or if there are 5 of us, we'll drive. And so on. It has never been worth owning two cars, or even owning one nice one. We've not only run the numbers, we live the numbers.

When you live somewhere with only one transportation option, you get very small-minded about it My mom drives to the store that's less than a quarter-mile from her house. It doesn't occur to her NOT to drive if she's going further than her own yard. 
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Not need to drive frequently and not being able to legally drive at all are two seperate topics.  Everyone that can afford to do so should learn to drive as a teen.  It’s harder to learn as adult due to having an adult schedule.  Plus it could be a lot harder to get practice hours in on permit once 18 and not living with parents. [/quote]

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