For those that live in a big city with options for public transport (NYC, DC, Boston, etc.) and make good money, was there ever a point where you felt you made enough money to justify not taking public transportation anymore? I’m nowhere near a salary where I personally would think it would make sense but just curious on how other people view this

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Public transportation should have nothing to do with level of income. The idea that it is associated with "poor people" or people with less money has pretty much ruined the American way of thinking about it. I make a lot of money and still take buses and subway all the time when I do not want to park or deal with traffic. I believe it is trip dependent. Sometimes it is more convenient to take a car and sometimes it is not. You look at the options, the time, getting back, etc. and make a decision. Could be car, bus, subway, rideshare, or even scooter or something. Simple as that. People should always have multiple options.

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Gustavo Petro — 'A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation.'

Cars are ruining our cities and if you’re under the age of 55, car collision is statistically the most likely thing that will kill you.

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I'm in NYC and prefer it usually for speed of getting places, cars are sometimes the slower option

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No, 20 years without a car, I’ll rent if I ‘need’ to drive somewhere. Most frequently, public transport is the most efficient, that or walking. I’ve also become quite fond of citi/blue bikes for convenience. Plus ubers and cabs are always a plenty in those metros.

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The subway in New York is literally the most efficient and safe way to get across the city. Don't let sensationalist headlines scare you into a foolish car payment scheme

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No. I live in DC and find public transportation/walking to be just as fast as a taxi. It would have to be a enormous time savings to justify getting a ride share regularly

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I live in the NoVA suburbs and my office is in downtown DC. The only time I drive vs taking the metro is when I have a time commitment after work that would make metroing unfeasible.

I don't like the metro. I dislike our atrocious traffic even more, though, so I suck it up and use the metro even though it sucks in general. Salary has nothing to do with it, I disliked it but rode it for the aforementioned reason when I made $65k and that reasoning hasn't changed.

I do have a car and drive pretty heavily, but the commute to work is not usually one of the things where I'm in my car.

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I live in the suburbs of NYC. You basically need a car to get around. I took public transportation back in high school. If I need to go into the city I will take the railroad/subway but other than that nope.

I mean they said NYC not Manhattan.

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Subway/bus is efficient and safe, but nowadays I realize that I have a heavily long commute as I live in the burbs, so I don’t mind paying a little extra for the LIRR (which is still transit technically) considering I don’t go in too often anymore. Plus I used to deal with stops at sketchy places, it’s not worth it to me anymore.
No point in having a car in NYC, and paying for cabs every time is also wasteful if you’re coming into the office often (and takes longer than transit).

Having a car in queens is definitely optional, it does make it easier, yes, but I know many across all areas of Queens that survive without a car (myself included when I did live in Queens).
LI, yes, you need a car, but it’s not considered part of NYC. I survived 3 years without a car but I lived on the border of Queens and Long Island and was able to use both Queens buses and Nassau buses to get around, but don’t recommend that for everyday needs.

Bostonian here - and I always take public transportation downtown for work unless I need my car for other reasons before or after work. I loath sitting in traffic for work. It feels like I’m wasting time.
I do own a car and use it regularly outside of commuting.

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