"Between 2000 and 2012, the city has seen a net increase of 11,139 households, and 88 percent of them have been car-free."

http://sf.streetsblog.org/2014/08/15/car-free-households-are...

"Census: 95% of New SF Commuters Since 2006 Don’t Drive Solo"

http://sf.streetsblog.org/2015/09/25/census-95-of-new-sf-com...

We're not talking about people recently moving to SF.

Yeah, I certainly don't claim that the people I interact with are representative of San Francisco as a whole. From some article I found from a few years ago[1], the vast majority of new residents don't have cars, but overall about 30% of total residents don't have cars. Most of my coworkers don't live downtown, and they get to work using BART, Muni, bus, or bike. When they need to get somewhere not on public transit, they use Lyft or Uber. In both of the two places I've lived in SF so far, I roomed with two other people, and none of us wanted the parking space, so we rented it out to someone else.

My point is that in many cases, there exists a reasonable city design and style of living where car ownership feels unnecessary and is better seen as a luxury than a right. Certainly there are many situations where car ownership makes sense, but I worry that people are sometimes too attached to the idea of car ownership and either incorrectly view it as a necessity or assume that everyone else needs a car as well.

[1] https://sf.streetsblog.org/2014/08/15/car-free-households-ar...