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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in San Francisco and our nanny doesn't have a car. But we live two blocks from a bus, and up the hill from a metro step (just under a mile). Many people here don't have cars. It's never a problem. [/quote]

2 blocks or up the hill is fine.  OP is 20 minutes on a normal day, with weather it will be worse.[/quote]

+1. I lived in the SF Bay Area for 11 years. Not one snow day, a handful of 90 degree days, and a city small enough that you could walk around the perimeter of it in a day, excellent bus coverage, too. There were no days that a bike would have been unmanageable, for example. Totally different reality.

OP, I passed on a candidate whose references told me she was very reliable once she told me that her transportation options were bike and her boyfriend picking her up some days. We were interviewing in June, and all I could think of was how she was planning to manage when it got dark early, and it was cold and rainy/snowy/icy. It seemed like hiring a built-in problem.[/quote]

I wouldn't be concerned about walking or biking when it's dark or cold, but the rain/snow/ice would concern me.[/quote]

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