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If you ditched your car, could you afford to leave the suburbs for a great urban neighborhood? (infosec.pub)
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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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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

You could argue this is where I am now, in the us, in an inner suburb of a major city

  • I can walk to shops, restaurants, trains, and do most weekends
  • I could walk to a grocery but I usually drive so I can carry, especially when my kids are home from college
  • I’m part time work from home
  • I’m on the edge where single family zoning starts.
  • but no one I know lives in the city anymore
  • but my job is no longer downtown nor walkable

I would really miss all the suburban niceties like a deck, grill, basement, garage and driveway, my own spot of land, a house.

I don’t drive very much anymore but it’s an EV. However a lot of that is between online shopping and part time work from home I’ve really cut back on routine drives, so my percentage of longer trips to car usage is higher

EDIT: on the other hand a lot of it is attitude. Especially with discussions over why some people never clear snow from their sidewalks, it’s very clear that even here many people don’t see walking as an option for anything. There’s no reason to clear the sidewalks in winter because the idea that people may want to walk is just so alien