Posted on 06/12/2004 2:43:58 PM PDT by prost
Pretty simple request and you'll get a bazillion responses, but the bottom line is you need a town that favors public transportation over private and/or a horse.
Americans overall favor independence. Public transportation equals dependence.
Well, New York City sounds like it fits your description. A person can live their whole life here without a car.
Not my city. In Phoenix you can't live without a car, since everything is so sprawled out and public transportation sucks. They have commercials trying to promote it, but nobody wants to wait out in the hot sun and take two hours to get to a destination that would take ten or twenty minutes in a car.
Seattle or Portland would work, if you can survive the housing prices. Either that, or you can find a small town wherein most necessities can be gotten relatively nearby.
Alexandria, Virginia. Gorgeous, historic, convenient, and a stone's throw from the nation's capital. Constantly enchanting, and the climate is a lot warmer than that of Lincoln Park, as I can attest. You can easily walk to shopping, waterfront, restaurants, entertainment, galleries, and historic sites; you can have dinner where George Washington had dinner or take a boat ride to Mount Vernon. The downside: it's expensive. All those beautiful 200-year-old townhouses are cute as all get-out but they do take money. There are only a few that haven't been restored yet and are cheaper.
If you have an invisible boat, can't folks see you while you're using the head? ;-)
New York City.
NO LIE!
My cousin grew up in Brooklyn, and never got a driver's license. If anything, a car is a problem, because there is never anyplace to easily park it.
Yeah, exactly. When I came back to the city I gave away my car... it's just way too much hassle.
Mayberry
I love the idea of no car myself, but I live in WNC and it is a necessity. Winter is too cold and damp if you are older...as for those up north places...its cold walk to train, bus station. Might try Florida...Jacksonville or one of smaller cities. You can look up cities official websites online for that type of information, then request package from Chamber of Commerce. Hope that helps.
I couldnt be paid enough to live in any city.
They are and because that looks to be an early spring or late fall shot based on the trees in the lower right of the shot. Believe me, you cannot find an open slip in Chicago - they are all spoken for for years and years. A star mooring, yes, but not a slip. I used to keep my sailboat just north of the City in a beautiful harbor - Waukegan, and I could get a slip. But not in Chicago proper.
City life is not for everyone. When I'm ready to have kids I'll get out of here, so my kids can breathe fresh air as they grow up.
Honolulu, senior friendly, cheap bus, good weather.
'Celebration' in Kississemee (sp?), FL
Oh..and Coronado Islando, CA.
I have deer,bears and all sorts of critters visiting my back yard.I live within a short walk of a good trout stream,I spend my free time hunting and fishing.Cant do that in a city.
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