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Suburban Friends and the Carfree Family

by Dorea 07.29.2009

We got a really great question on the When you really need a car post. BusChick writes (somewhat edited here): “The biggest driver (pun intended) of car use for us is visiting friends. My family lives in the city, and so do most of my old friends. I, do, however, have one or two close [...]

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Walking like a Tortoise

by Angela 02.26.2009

Most of the time, walking drives me crazy. I am obsessed with efficiency, and walking is slow. I think the one-minute walk to the kitchen at work goes by too slowly. The idea of a treadmill simply boggles my mind. Yes, I know that walking can be peaceful and I’m sure I should be living [...]

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Surviving carfree babyhood

by Dorea 02.19.2009

We recently got an interesting comment from Charlotte of Chic Cyclist, on the thread about how we gave up our car. Charlotte writes: “some vestigial teenager in me clings to the ‘option’ of having a car somewhere, just in case. I’m going to have to read about how you handled the early months of H’s [...]

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Cost of Living in Cambridge vs. the Cost of a Car

by Angela 07.27.2008

One interesting tradeoff that we’ve used to make our lives car-free is to trade housing costs for automobile costs. The only reason that we can afford to live in a condo in Cambridge, MA, is that we don’t have to make any car payments or pay the high costs of maintenance and gasoline. Now, that [...]

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