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NYC vs. Chicago vs. ??? (Car-free city)

Need to leave NYC in the next 14 months. Where else is worth...
Scarlet water buffalo field
  06/20/25
I thought you basically needed a car in Chicago
Wild Pit
  06/20/25
unless you pick your neighborhood carefully and never want t...
concupiscible swollen market jewess
  06/20/25
What do you guess the % of car-free people is in Chicago?
Scarlet water buffalo field
  06/20/25
no idea but I wouldn't count feral blacks or illegals, I don...
concupiscible swollen market jewess
  06/20/25
I didn't have a car when I lived in Chicago. It's possible.
Fluffy theatre nibblets
  06/21/25
Is that true? I keep hearing people saying the transit is ac...
Scarlet water buffalo field
  06/20/25
nyc is the only city in America where car free makes any sen...
concupiscible swollen market jewess
  06/20/25
Mackinac Island
sepia lascivious plaza toaster
  06/20/25
I would be excluding seasonal resort towns
concupiscible swollen market jewess
  06/20/25
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Scarlet water buffalo field
  06/20/25
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Scarlet water buffalo field
  06/21/25
Brother we're all like 42 now most of us haven't lived in &q...
razzle duck-like set
  06/21/25
Is D.C. even in the conversation for car-free living?
Scarlet water buffalo field
  06/21/25
it's technically *possible* to do it in chicago, if you choo...
Insane Charismatic Ratface
  06/21/25
You can live car free in every big city if you are willing t...
Offensive sandwich home
  06/21/25
Other places I'd consider are Seattle and D.C.
Scarlet water buffalo field
  06/21/25
explain how seattle is possible car-free
ocher exciting address double fault
  06/21/25
I know people there who do it (a married couple). They live ...
Scarlet water buffalo field
  06/21/25
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Scarlet water buffalo field
  06/21/25
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Scarlet water buffalo field
  06/21/25
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Scarlet water buffalo field
  06/21/25
why don't you want a car?
Insane Charismatic Ratface
  06/21/25
Never learned to drive
Scarlet water buffalo field
  06/21/25
Welcome back
razzle duck-like set
  06/21/25
Fair enough. I really do think NYC is the best choice car f...
Insane Charismatic Ratface
  06/21/25
Large parts of Boston, Philly, and SF are accessible car fre...
Cowardly fighting dingle berry ticket booth
  06/21/25


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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:17 PM
Author: Scarlet water buffalo field

Need to leave NYC in the next 14 months. Where else is worth it?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49036211)



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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:18 PM
Author: Wild Pit

I thought you basically needed a car in Chicago

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49036214)



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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:23 PM
Author: concupiscible swollen market jewess

unless you pick your neighborhood carefully and never want to leave it, you will

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49036234)



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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:24 PM
Author: Scarlet water buffalo field

What do you guess the % of car-free people is in Chicago?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49036240)



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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:30 PM
Author: concupiscible swollen market jewess

no idea but I wouldn't count feral blacks or illegals, I don't think very many umc white people try to pull chicago off with no car, I've certainly never known one whereas most people I've known in nyc go car free

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49036264)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 2:37 PM
Author: Fluffy theatre nibblets

I didn't have a car when I lived in Chicago. It's possible.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49037687)



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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:23 PM
Author: Scarlet water buffalo field

Is that true? I keep hearing people saying the transit is actually better than NYC (or at least less crowded?)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49036235)



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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:30 PM
Author: concupiscible swollen market jewess

nyc is the only city in America where car free makes any sense, you're just fighting reality here, learn to drive jew

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49036265)



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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:37 PM
Author: sepia lascivious plaza toaster

Mackinac Island

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49036277)



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Date: June 20th, 2025 9:42 PM
Author: concupiscible swollen market jewess

I would be excluding seasonal resort towns

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49036285)



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Date: June 20th, 2025 10:15 PM
Author: Scarlet water buffalo field



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49036356)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 10:41 AM
Author: Scarlet water buffalo field



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49037204)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 10:46 AM
Author: razzle duck-like set

Brother we're all like 42 now most of us haven't lived in "cities" for a decade

To answer your question though unless you're young NYC is the only city in America where you won't miss a car. Even places like Chicago, Boston, etc. are pretty limited in that you're mostly restricted to whatever transit line you're closest to, which isn't bad if you're 23 and live nearby friends but gets far more annoying with age.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49037217)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 12:13 PM
Author: Scarlet water buffalo field

Is D.C. even in the conversation for car-free living?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49037421)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 10:47 AM
Author: Insane Charismatic Ratface

it's technically *possible* to do it in chicago, if you choose an apt shrewdly, agree to ride the bus (which no one in our socioeconomic group does), and take frequent ubers. it's really not common though, outside of students, broke redditors, and people trying to do it to prove a point or whatever. most people have a car even if they ride the el to work. if car free is important to you nyc is a tier above

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49037222)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 11:05 AM
Author: Offensive sandwich home

You can live car free in every big city if you are willing to just take Ubers everywhere.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49037280)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 12:13 PM
Author: Scarlet water buffalo field

Other places I'd consider are Seattle and D.C.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49037422)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 7:46 PM
Author: ocher exciting address double fault

explain how seattle is possible car-free

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49038209)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 8:06 PM
Author: Scarlet water buffalo field

I know people there who do it (a married couple). They live in downtown and rely on transit / Ubers / their feet to get where they need to go.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49038250)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 12:42 PM
Author: Scarlet water buffalo field



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49037459)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 1:12 PM
Author: Scarlet water buffalo field



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49037534)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 1:30 PM
Author: Scarlet water buffalo field



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49037581)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 2:30 PM
Author: Insane Charismatic Ratface

why don't you want a car?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49037675)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 7:41 PM
Author: Scarlet water buffalo field

Never learned to drive

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49038204)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 8:25 PM
Author: razzle duck-like set

Welcome back

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49038319)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 8:29 PM
Author: Insane Charismatic Ratface

Fair enough. I really do think NYC is the best choice car free. But yeah with a shrewd apt location, and either an easy commute (or remote), near grocery stores (or lots of good delivery), and willingness to take a lot of Ubers, I guess you could do it someplace like Chicago, Boston, Seattle, Miami Beach

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49038333)



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Date: June 21st, 2025 2:33 PM
Author: Cowardly fighting dingle berry ticket booth

Large parts of Boston, Philly, and SF are accessible car free. You sacrifice some but it’s not like you can’t go anywhere like Houston.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5741034&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49037681)