I'm 24, in Australia, and none of my friends own cars. When I was in the suburbs, no one would ever visit me unless I wanted to pick them up. We would have to arrange some other meeting place in the city which was expensive and not as comfortable as a dinner party.

Moved to the city and some of my friends live here while the others have very easy public transport to the city from their houses so now I meet up with friends several times a week. Often they don't have to travel at all and just walk from the office to my place after work.

For me it's been life changing.