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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Honestly geography seems to be the most important factor, rather than generation.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is it really the geography, or is it availability/proximity to public transit?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Both are the same answer. I live in a place where you can't live without access to a car.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Come to Cleveland. We have buses, and rapids, and sports, and PLEASE COME TO CLEVELAND!!! Our population is shrinking so much.....

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

You have said much better what I was lazily leaving to inference. Yes, it is access to public transit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

This. I'm one of those older millennials... Over 40. I wouldn't have a car if I didn't live in the middle of nowhere.

The past few years I've mainly been working from home, so during that time, the only reason I still had a car is that I had already bought it. I still work from home, and if my car stops working, I'll be hard pressed to find a reason to buy a replacement. The only good reason I have is for work, since I occasionally need to travel to a place for my job. And honestly, that's the only valid reason I have right now to continue owning one.