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Learning, Sharing, and Teaching => Ask a Mustachian => Topic started by: EconDiva on December 25, 2017, 06:55:56 PM
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I gave up my car when I moved to Chicago, but upon moving backc to Atlanta all of my friends said I would 'need' to get another car once I moved back.
I agreed I would eventually need one as public transit here really is NOT great. I figured however that since I work from home I would 'test out' how things go the first few months and see how it goes. I can't believe it's already been 9 months and I have no expectations of having to buy one yet. I'm going to try to cut back on the ridesharing expenses next year but so far not bad. I originally thought I'd have a 2-3k car by this point but after living car-less for the majority of the year I don't see this changing anytime soon.
Some of my friends still think it's a bit weird I'm living here without a car and I admit...I lived here before for many years and could never EVER have imagined not having a car here. But now I find it freeing...a couple of my friends actually seem to admire it now and one 'seems' to be contemplating going car-less herself. This is definitely a direct result of being on the MMM forum-I like how this site challenges you to rethink things you've always been doing perhaps just out of habit that you may be overpaying for.
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Congrats! As a former suburban Cobb County resident, I have to ask what part of Metro Atlanta do you live in to pull this off? Very impressive
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Congrats! As a former suburban Cobb County resident, I have to ask what part of Metro Atlanta do you live in to pull this off? Very impressive
I'm in Buckhead.
So I can walk to the grocery store, MARTA, post office, gym, even Lenox.
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Living car free to me would be a luxury, not an inconvenience - especially since the only way I'd do so is if everything near me was either (very ideally) walkable or conveniently bikeable year-round.
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As a fellow Atlantan, this is great to read! I’m moving from Vinings to Sandy Springs to minimize driving! People think we are crazy for going down to one car for a couple but it’s working for us.