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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. [b]And she lives in a big city[/b] 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 [b]not being able to just jump in the car and drive to the store to pick something up[/b]???  I cannot![/quote]

I do think a 25 year old should know how to drive...but I live in DC and literally haven't driven to a store pick something up for months.  I walk to the grocery, hardware, retail, etc., or order items online or many times Intacart from Costco because I just hate driving out to a Costco.  I am strategic in that if I take a road trip somewhere, I try to hit a Home Depot or something on the way home for items I would buy there.

I assume your sister if she lives in a big city has zero issue walking to any store where she needs to pick something up.[/quote]

Knowing how to drive and choosing not to or not needing to is a VERY different thing than not knowing how to drive and thus never even having the option to drive yourself somewhere. It’s incredibly limiting. [/quote]

Well OK…but PP said her sister lives in the urban core of a large city and “can’t imagine not being able to just pop into a car and drive to a store”…when 99% of people who have a car in that same city don’t drive to a local store.

Again…the vast majority of 20 something’s who live in the heart of DC, NYC, Chicago, Boston, etc don’t own a car.  I guess you can’t jump in a zip car if you want…but most of those people would prefer an Uber anyway.

I don’t disagree that it can be professionally limiting and you should have a license, but for an established city dweller who has no practical need for a license…it’s not really limiting at all.[/quote]

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