# Would your life be significantly better if you owned a car?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 10, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-life-be-significantly-better-if-you-owned-a-car/549792 "2010-08-10T04:29:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-life-be-significantly-better-if-you-owned-a-car/549792/61 "2010-11-03T14:42:25Z")

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My life would be worse, I couldn’t afford insurance and car payments without sacrificing other important things.

I’ve never driven, and I’ve found it easy enough to live my life. I very rarely use public transportation as I live close to where I work, but I live in the burbs of Philadelphia so I could get anywhere by bus and train if I needed to. I can walk anywhere I need to go - I used to have a bike, don’t currently. I live in a cute small-town commercial area surrounded by nice residential neighborhoods. My doctor and dentist are blocks away from where I live. I shop for items I can’t carry home (50 lbs of cat litter) once per week by carpooling.

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