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If you ditched your car, could you afford to leave the suburbs for a great urban neighborhood? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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This is the question posed on CityNerd video titled "Walkable Cities But They Keep Getting More Affordable"

If you ditched your car, could you afford to leave the suburbs for a great urban neighborhood?

Ray Delahanty answers the question in the 26 biggest US cities.

The analysis assumes the all-in cost of owning and operating a car is $1,000 per month, including purchase, insurance, fuel, and maintenance.

In the city, transportation costs might total about $250 per month for transit passes, biking, ride-hailing, and other small expenses.

This results in an effective $750 per month increase in the housing budget for city center residents who do not own a car.

The results of the video are quite interesting, as you can get more m² in walkable areas in most cities

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[–] 1dalm@lemmings.world 3 points 2 months ago (5 children)

$1000 a month for a car is a pretty low estimate for most people. And even if we accept that estimate, it's $1000 per month, per car. Most suburban families are going to need more than one.

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[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Planning on it as soon as i am able

[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Question I have for city dwellers. What do grocery trips look like? I've only ever lived in the suburbs and I've always been interested. Do you bring it all on the subway? Go more then once a week? Walk it home in a cart? Eat out more instead?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

All of the above, depending on exact conditions

  • when I was entirely without a car, I just walked. I was single so carrying groceries usually worked ok. As a first Thanksgiving when I got married I Walked to the grocery like 5 times for all the stiff we needed and didn’t think of ahead of time
  • I saw plenty of people with carts and tried that a few times
  • I briefly tried delivery
  • I saw people using taxis - I didn’t realize at the time but many of them compromised by walking to and taxiing back
  • I have usually had a car though, even if groceries was my only weekly trip (plus occasional needs)

Actually now that I live in an urban suburb, I could do a lot without a car but carrying groceries is not worth the fight to find an alternate way

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[–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

If you ditched your car, could you afford to leave the suburbs for a great urban neighborhood?

Actually, yes, because that's exactly what I did about 5 years ago. No regrets 😊

[–] vathecka@lemmy.radio 2 points 1 month ago

Depends where my work is

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