On 6/26/2013 4:05 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
I am told that if you have driven (particualrly if
yoy've driven a lot)
you don't want to give it up. But if you haven't, you don't miss it :-)
That may be. A rite of passage in the US Midwest is getting one's
driver's license. It equals freedom for millions of young people.
I don;'t know how much the car parking and fuel cost, but quite a bit.
Now, I stil lgo therte. I just buy a day ticket on the local buees. It
costs under \poundbs 7.00 (say $10). I stil lget to see the old churches,
visit the old vilages, etc. The only downside is havign to setoff from
hoem at 5:00 am.
One starts to factor the cost of fuel, insurance, maintenance as
simply
"table stakes", like buying food and a mortgage.
It also creates a travel philosophy. Case in point. SO and I just got
back from Alaska this past month. We had an opportunity to see the
sights by train or boat, and passed up both, even though I would have
gotten to relax more than drive. Why? We were not comfortable being on
someone else's schedule. We wanted to leave on our timeframe, change
the itinerary at will, and make unplanned stops. I suspect that someone
who utilizes public transportation would have had far less issue with
those concerns.
Jim