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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 29
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    Not yet able to go carless, but at this point, avoiding driving by paying with $ for rideshare or with time for using transit is the biggest indulgence in my life. Can’t believe I used to enjoy driving at one point. I hate it now.

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      2. Brandon Hudgeons‏ @bhudgeons Jan 29
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        If I didn’t have kids, I’d be pretty much carless. I OneWheel downtown to office and back, Uber or carpool everywhere else. Driving kids to school/activities still requires a car. I don’t like driving, and I abhor parking.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 29
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        Also detest LA style highway centr8c driving where you might have to change highways 6 times via horrible access just to get somewhere 5 miles away

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      2. Everardo J Barojas  🤔‏ @e_barojas Jan 29
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        What do you do marginally better time when driving than flying scenarios? I hate city driving, but will gladly take a 5hr drive over a 1hr flight that extends to similar time when considering wait and taxis.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 29
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        I’m rarely in that situation but yes I prefer driving or train then

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      2. Kelly Digges‏ @kellydigges Jan 29
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        Did this shift correlate with your move to LA?

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 29
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        No with selling my car in 2012. Now just have wife’s car which I rarely drive. I go to great lengths and expense to arrange my life around not driving now. Highly irrational.

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      1. Leon Markham‏ @humanleon Jan 29
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        LA may not be ready yet - but the correlation between joy and a bicycle based life is close to 100% - my @BromptonBicycle is one of the best things to happen to me

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      1. Raoul Kennedy‏ @rakurabu Jan 29
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        Share your sentiment: car-free now 10 years.

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      1. #hashtagtacos  🌮‏ @VicVijayakumar Jan 29
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        I'm at this same point in my life. Been trying to work out the practicality/math of getting rid of my car and switching to buses and ridesharing. (We have another car in the family)

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        Living in LA car-free is a narrow lifestyle window that I’ve enjoyed for a handful of years now. It takes a very specific set of conditions to make it work, but if your life has those conditions, you have to pounce on it!

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