{"items": [{"author": "Jillian", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100116299426852?comment_id=10100116301931832", "anchor": "fb-10100116301931832", "service": "fb", "text": "Navigating New York City with a stroller (admittedly as a tourist) was much more of a pain than navigating Philadelphia. Philly's elevators are less broken, and the staircases are shorter and wider when you do have to carry a stroller up them. And our everything (sidewalk, subway cars, etc) is less crowded so you don't feel like you should be arrested for taking up two people's worth of space with your two people.", "timestamp": "1571140185"}, {"author": "Rosemary", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100116299426852?comment_id=10100116304217252", "anchor": "fb-10100116304217252", "service": "fb", "text": "I've done the same math and would not buy a car, bat as I own a car and it is in the cheap years (loan paid, few repairs) I'll keep it for the freedom. However even now it is more expensive to own a car than use bus and taxis.", "timestamp": "1571142033"}, {"author": "Martha", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100116299426852?comment_id=10100116304865952", "anchor": "fb-10100116304865952", "service": "fb", "text": "And you're demonstrating to your kids that it's possible to live a full life without owning a car, which is a really great thing for them to know.", "timestamp": "1571142478"}, {"author": "Peter", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100116299426852?comment_id=10100116310913832", "anchor": "fb-10100116310913832", "service": "fb", "text": "I tried living without owning a car for six months. One of my biggest frustrations was liability insurance for when I rented. Zipcar just didn\u2019t offer enough. Are you listed as a driver on your roommates\u2019 policies? If not, double check the fine print.", "timestamp": "1571145995"}, {"author": "Peter", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100116299426852?comment_id=10100116310913832&reply_comment_id=10100116330609362", "anchor": "fb-10100116310913832_10100116330609362", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Andrew Sz I called 2 insurance agents and the best quote I got was $100/month for $1M in coverage if I also moved my home owner\u2019s policy to the same firm.", "timestamp": "1571155629"}, {"author": "Peter", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100116299426852?comment_id=10100116310913832&reply_comment_id=10100116330699182", "anchor": "fb-10100116310913832_10100116330699182", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I was told umbrella required a primary auto liability policy.", "timestamp": "1571155674"}, {"author": "Kiran", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100116299426852?comment_id=10100116310913832&reply_comment_id=10100116430898382", "anchor": "fb-10100116310913832_10100116430898382", "service": "fb", "text": "→ My biggest frustration during the six months you didn't own a car was that you didn't go places you would've driven to because the hassle (and cost?) of transit made it unappealing.
I'm happy to be back in a place where people own cars and can get around and do stuff.", "timestamp": "1571198335"}, {"author": "Peter", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100116299426852?comment_id=10100116310913832&reply_comment_id=10100116433563042", "anchor": "fb-10100116310913832_10100116433563042", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Kiran Like Winthrop? I haven\u2019t been since I got a car, either.", "timestamp": "1571199700"}, {"author": "Kiran", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100116299426852?comment_id=10100116310913832&reply_comment_id=10100116433902362", "anchor": "fb-10100116310913832_10100116433902362", "service": "fb", "text": "→ No, like boardgaming and dancing and parties. All places you *could* get to by transit, but the hassle becomes a barrier.", "timestamp": "1571199851"}, {"author": "Denise", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100116299426852?comment_id=10100116312480692", "anchor": "fb-10100116312480692", "service": "fb", "text": "How do you feel about cycling with kids? E.g. with a cargo bike or bike trailer. Might be able to give you extra freedom", "timestamp": "1571146752"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100116299426852?comment_id=10100116312480692&reply_comment_id=10100116325539522", "anchor": "fb-10100116312480692_10100116325539522", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Denise it turns out that biking hurts my knees if I do it much, so I haven't done a lot in ~10y.", "timestamp": "1571152628"}, {"author": "Bill", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100116299426852?comment_id=10100116322031552", "anchor": "fb-10100116322031552", "service": "fb", "text": "The problem seems to arise when the kids need to go places other than school, but are too young to travel independently. Then one may become the \"soccer parent\" and feel the desperate need for a car. I started walking or biking to school when I was 11, including sports and theater after school, and from then on my parents almost never needed to take me anywhere.", "timestamp": "1571150367"}, {"author": "Julia", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100116299426852?comment_id=10100116322031552&reply_comment_id=10100116375753892", "anchor": "fb-10100116322031552_10100116375753892", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Ubering with them to and from soccer practice would be cheaper than buying a car.", "timestamp": "1571174932"}, {"author": "Kristen", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100116299426852?comment_id=10100116353258972", "anchor": "fb-10100116353258972", "service": "fb", "text": "Do you like having the extra car when people fly from Logan? I have a trip coming up.", "timestamp": "1571166308"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100116299426852?comment_id=10100116353258972&reply_comment_id=10100116366297842", "anchor": "fb-10100116353258972_10100116366297842", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Always happy to! Worst case it just sits in our driveway the whole time you're gone.
We're a 10min walk from Davis, about an hour from the airport by public transit and about 20min (at no traffic times of day) by taxi/carshare", "timestamp": "1571171905"}, {"author": "Gianna", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100116299426852?comment_id=10100116372610192", "anchor": "fb-10100116372610192", "service": "fb", "text": "We've done similar math and come to similar conclusions, but for sticking with one car instead of adding a second. We use a combo of family biking, walking, public transit, and uber/Lyft for whoever doesn't have the car for work on a given day. Ride services only became feasible once our oldest could use a booster. I imagine it'll be even easier when they both can, and when we no longer have two geographically separated children, in a couple years. We could get by without a car. But we drive long distances to visit family or friends many weekends, and we also find that for our particular commutes right now, public transit takes twice as long as driving if not more, and we have access to parking. I was willing to make that time tradeoff before I had kids. Now I'm much less willing. The difference between getting home at 5:15 and getting home at 5:45 is more meaningful than I would've predicted.", "timestamp": "1571174120"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100116299426852?comment_id=10100116372610192&reply_comment_id=10100116377061272", "anchor": "fb-10100116372610192_10100116377061272", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Gianna yeah, part of why public transit makes sense for my commute is that it's faster than driving would be", "timestamp": "1571175492"}, {"author": "Louise", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100116299426852?comment_id=10100116568198232", "anchor": "fb-10100116568198232", "service": "fb", "text": "I\u2019ve been thinking about this as well, been meaning to try to do the maths and see whether owning or renting when needed is cheaper. Which companies do you tend to use to rent from? We had a hard time finding affordable rentals on the west coast with our last Corner House tour and ended up using Turo, but wondering if you have any secrets! \ud83d\ude42 we ended up paying around 600 and drove 2000 miles or so, in a microvan (Mazda 5 I think it was).", "timestamp": "1571262568"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100116299426852?comment_id=10100116568198232&reply_comment_id=10100116578273042", "anchor": "fb-10100116568198232_10100116578273042", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Louise I've been renting from Hertz and Enterprise, though I get a discount through work? How many days was the $600?", "timestamp": "1571267085"}, {"author": "Louise", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100116299426852?comment_id=10100116568198232&reply_comment_id=10100116583767032", "anchor": "fb-10100116568198232_10100116583767032", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Jeff Kaufman it was a couple weeks, so it was a good price for the time, quotes from hertz etc were over 1000!", "timestamp": "1571269688"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100116299426852?comment_id=10100116568198232&reply_comment_id=10100116584710142", "anchor": "fb-10100116568198232_10100116584710142", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Louise I just looked up a nine day rental with unlimited miles for a potential gig with Hertz, and it was $282. But I think a lot of this is happening to have a good discount? You do need to pick up and drop off at the same place.", "timestamp": "1571270092"}]}