I lived in Manhattan for a couple of years and went on plenty of dates -- the subject of a car never really came up. The subway works just fine for most everybody.

In fact, I don't think a single person I went out with actually had a car of their own. People on this forum can probably afford to keep a car while in NYC, but consider the minimum-wage workers living there. No way the average person could make that work.

(Now, I did have my car parked off the island, but used it maybe a few times a year for longer trips.)

I grew up in Boston and lived in NYC for 4 years. Never learned how to drive until 2 weeks ago (age 29) when I moved to... Los Angeles.

Many of us don't even have licenses to drive. It is a complete non-issue.

I grew up in New York and work here and this article and the comments here just seem so alien to me. Maintaining a car just seems like taking your money and making a trash fire with it in a dumpster. Sitting in traffic every day also seems like hell on earth.

Guess I'll just have to stay in NYC...though I could probably manage in Chicago or, to a lesser extent, Boston. Or Berlin.

Not a New Yorker but in Toronto not having a car is a big red flag for a man.