A car is often essential in the US but while owning a vehicle is better than not for life satisfaction, a study has found, having to drive too much sends happiness plummeting
That stat is skewed by retirees who don't drive and the existence of NYC. For "average America", I would wager that it's closer to 95% of households who use their cars daily.
Yeah 87% seems like a lowball. Where I live right now, you can't go anywhere without a car and there's no metro/passenger trains/rail line/whatever. Busses are unreliable and wait times vary between 15 minutes to an hour, so you show up an hour before you plan to leave, which just eats your time.
You can't even get around my residential neighborhood without a car because there's no bike lanes and sidewalks are missing from large sections.
WTF!? That's insane.
That stat is skewed by retirees who don't drive and the existence of NYC. For "average America", I would wager that it's closer to 95% of households who use their cars daily.
Working from home can do it too. Don't always have to go somewhere every day.
Yeah 87% seems like a lowball. Where I live right now, you can't go anywhere without a car and there's no metro/passenger trains/rail line/whatever. Busses are unreliable and wait times vary between 15 minutes to an hour, so you show up an hour before you plan to leave, which just eats your time.
You can't even get around my residential neighborhood without a car because there's no bike lanes and sidewalks are missing from large sections.