Pros and Cons of Owning a Car
Getting around without owning a car.
A few months ago, I ended my marriage by moving out of the family home. This was a complete starting over at zero for me in that I had been the parent at home raising our daughter, facilitating and overseeing her homeschooling, and doing all the rest that goes along with those duties.
It all was going well until it wasn’t and suddenly not only was I not employed but I had given away a significant part of my earning years and had no financial security to look forward to.
One of the decisions I had to make when I moved out with my daughter was whether to take one of the family cars.
When I chose the apartment I moved into, I looked for one in a location that was within a 20-minute walk or bicycle ride of all of my needs and most of my wants. And found it.
- Grocery store — 10 minute walk
- Beauty salon — 1 minute walk
- Library — 20 minute walk
- Parks — 1 minute walk — 20 minute bicycle ride
- Friends — 10 to 20 minute walk
- Train station — 10 minute walk
- Restaurants — heaps of them within a 15 minute walk
