I’m 25 and I don’t have a drivers license. I mean, I’ve never really felt the need to go and get one. Public transport is usually the fastest option where I live, and it takes a lot less responsibility to use it.

But most people would still prefer driving, rather than using the public T. Why?

  • 💡dim@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think it very much depends on where you live.

    I’m in the UK have never felt the need to have a car. I can get anywhere I want on public transport. If I want to go into the city, there’s bus or metro, if I want to travel the full length of the country there’s trains every few hours. My nearest shops are walkable distance (1/2 mile), my nearest 24 hour supermarket also walkable, about a mile

    Going into the city or town by car? Got to sit in traffic, find a car park, it’s just a hassle

    But, if I lived in the US where the nearest store was 5 miles away, and my job was 20 miles away, and there was 1 bus a day passes through my town, sure. Different situation