Why would you pay 5x to live in Manhattan and commute to NJ? Thats the opposite
of sense. Unless they had somehow picked up a rent controlled apartment with
parking but those are so rare as to be almost non-existent.
There is almost nothing you can't reach in Manhattan on public transport and in
most cases driving takes LONGER. Having a car makes no-sense for 99% of the
folks there. Now with Zip Cars available relatively cheaply and easily for
those times people need a car (to buy a big load of groceries for a party or
something) owning a car makes even less sense.
When I was looking at moving to Chicago we were probably going to become a 1
car family, keep my 190D and get rid of the others and maybe not even keep that.
-Curt
Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 19:12:03 -0600
From: Brian Toscano <brian.tosc...@gmail.com>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Yet another question about what it's like to live
in various parts of the country ...
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I have known people who lived in Manhattan and they weren't extremely rich
and they weren't idiots. They had a good living arrangement that allowed
them to park their car cheaply and use to commute to NJ.
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Change "Eastern metro areas" to "Big cities" and you're right but its true
> in Chicago as much as NYC. LA is different because theres more sprawl and
> their public transport sucks.
> The east coast is closer to Europe and more tightly packed. Boston is a
> much smaller city than NYC and while its possible to live without a car its
> not as common.
> In Manhattan only extremely rich idiots have cars.
>
> -Curt
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