My ex owned the last car I drove. She did not have a license, so I was pretty much the only person to ever drive in the house. Now I'm out of her house, so no more car. I'm walking everywhere in an extremely car dependant area, there's public transport it just sucks ass. However, I'm liking the walking. The more I do it, the less I even think about it. My ass is gonna look great, I can still get pretty much everything I care about within walking distance, life is good.
Ive lived in a couple of situations where I only had to drive once a week. it was for groceries, because I was technically in a food desert. but my work and hangout places were all like a mostly chill walk. it was dope. not having to get the behind the wheel is a beautiful thing.
basically been spending the last 10 years saving and plotting and strategizing a way to have that again, but this time not to have a landlord and all it's attendant insecurity, get a little kitchen garden situation going, to be not in a food desert, and even have some decent public transportation options for longer distance travel.
the expansion of remote work has created a more potential.