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| Vanity - By Prost
Posted on 06/12/2004 2:43:58 PM PDT by prost
I am looking for an area in the US to live where a car is not necessary, rather a handicap. I am not a lover of the automobile and would like to be divorced from its constant needs and whims: gas, insurance, stupid drivers etc. Naturally housing should be at least resaonble, close to necesities with some security as we are seniors. Maybe i'm dreaming but I would like to think that such a place exists. Am hoping for sugestions, (physically possible ones) as the audience here seems to encompass the US.
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posted on
06/12/2004 2:43:58 PM PDT
by
prost
To: prost
Welcome to FreeRepublic. It's a nice day to join.
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posted on
06/12/2004 2:46:01 PM PDT
by
bannie
(Liberal Media: The Most Dangerous Enemies to America and Freedom)
To: prost
Peachtree City Georgia is nice but you would need a golf cart....that's the primary mode of transportation.....
Plus it's easier to haul groceries....
NeverGore :^)
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posted on
06/12/2004 2:46:46 PM PDT
by
nevergore
(“It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.”)
To: prost
It's called a "city". Any city.
To: prost
Maybe the dumpter behind Wal-Mart?
To: prost
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posted on
06/12/2004 2:47:35 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(I've got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell !)
To: prost
>I am looking for an area in the US to live where a car is not necessary
 |
Easy. The north side
of Chicago. Lincoln Park.
Everything's right there. |
To: prost
There are places with very good public transportation systems. However, it isn't cheap to live there and they are full of liberals. I prefer a car and the freedom it brings. But then I live in flyover country.
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posted on
06/12/2004 2:47:57 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: nevergore
There's an ideal town, where everyone drives around in golf carts!
To: prost
Simple, I have a cousin in Boston who hasn't had a car in 30 years. He travels all over the city by public transportation.
Any major metro area would probably work for you.
I live in a small (60,000) Midwestern City, I work out of my house, and walk or ride my bike when I need to travel.
I own a car, but probably haven't driven it more than 100 miles in the last three months.
To: prost
I recommend Ann Arbor, Michigan. Housing is cheap, if you want to live like a college student. Otherwise, housing prices are stratospheric. But a car is definitely not necessary. Good luck finding a job, though.
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posted on
06/12/2004 2:49:45 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Born in a Rage; prost
It's called a "city". Any city. Unfortunately if you live in one of these you will have to deal with being surrounded by those who consider the Clintoon and she who must not be named great leaders.
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posted on
06/12/2004 2:50:32 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(Ignorance of the law is no excuse, ignorance of your rights can be fatal.)
To: theFIRMbss
Nice pic. I'm curious, are those boat slips in the lagoon behind the channel and jetties, and if so why are they ALL empty?
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posted on
06/12/2004 2:50:45 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of Venery (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: prost
Some spider hole in a Super WalMart would fit the bill.
Food, wages, nice atmosphere, lots of people. Mini City.
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posted on
06/12/2004 2:52:26 PM PDT
by
SGCOS
To: prost
Point Reyes Station, California, if you don't mind neighbors who eat only unfractured, raw food.
To: prost
Live aboard a sailboat...we did around Puget Sound for four years...no car needed, a different view out the porthole as desired, salmon and crab...mmmm. Plenty of ports with grocery stores nearby...it's an alternative lifestyle that is quite enjoyable if you've a nest egg that will support it. We didn't at the time but still enjoyed it immensely.
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posted on
06/12/2004 2:53:04 PM PDT
by
gorush
To: prost
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posted on
06/12/2004 2:53:32 PM PDT
by
Porterville
(oOOOo USA against the World in this summer Olympics oOOOo)
To: prost
Well, definitely not Atlanta, Georgia. A car is an absolutely necessity here, even if you DO live downtown - downtown's so scattered up and down Peachtree street, and the public transportation system isn't all that great. Plus nobody except young liberal 20-somethings and folks with too much money to care live downtown. Too many problems - crime, corruption, taxes. My parents moved OUT of the city of Atlanta when they retired because property taxes were killing them. Didn't get many services for their bux either.
Peachtree City is fairly self-contained, and it doesn't have all the problems associated with living in a big city.
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posted on
06/12/2004 2:53:55 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of Venery (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: prost
Mackinac Island, Mi. LITERALLY no cars, only horses allowed on the island. Has the only state highway in the country on which cars are illegal. A bit cold october through april, though
CC
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posted on
06/12/2004 2:54:16 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(RWR 1911 - 2004 ,requiescat in pacem, Ronaldus Magnus)
To: AnAmericanMother
I'm curious, are those boat slips in the lagoon behind the channel and jetties, and if so why are they ALL empty? Not "empty." The boats are invisible: you can't tax what you can't see.... ;-)
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posted on
06/12/2004 2:54:17 PM PDT
by
r9etb
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