I met a New Yorker at an airport once who paid more for his parking space than for his apartment. Or so he said.
-----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Curt Raymond Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 9:21 PM To: Diesel List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Yet another question about what it's like to live invarious parts of the country ... 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 m _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
