How to Live Well Without Owning a Car: Save Money, Breathe Easier, and Get More Mileage Out of Life
by Chris Balish
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Author: Chris BalishBrand: Random
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-08-05
ISBN: 1580087574
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
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- ISBN13: 9781580087575
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Book Review: 2 less cars on the road
Summary: 5 Stars
Both me and my fiance are coming from Los Angeles families with 4 cars each - that makes it 8. I used my car quite intensively to get to school (27 miles away) and back and do a lot of unnecessary shopping. My fiance worked as a delivery guy for more than 3 years. What I am trying to say is that cars were a big part of our lives, and at that time, looking at a long term future, we did plan to give them up.
Once I started to learn about how our lifestyles affect climate change, my outlook on many issues including transportation has changed quite drastically. Thanks to this book, I was able to realize that owning a car:
1. Has a significant financial burden, something that I never questioned.
2. Negatively affects person's quality of life and quality of life of city populations. (Who would volunteer to live right next to a freeway? What about sitting in traffic for 2 hours every day?)
3. Encourages us to make impulse or otherwise unnecessary purchases.
4. Has obvious effects on the environment.
As a result of reading this book and after moving to a different city, both of us were able to sell our cars. We settled in a place that enables me to use public transportation and him to use his bike to commute to work. We got more than $10K of upfront income and a minimum of $12,000 annual savings. So just as one of the other commentators mentioned: retiring early has never been easier : )
It is much more relaxing to have someone else do the driving and even be able to read on a bus. Also, you think big purchases through before you go to the store.
I cannot say that we never used a car. During a year that we didn't have our cars, we twice rented a car and used a taxi 3 times. My bus pass is subsidized by my company, so I don't spend more than $200 on that. All together $500 or $600 that we spend on other methods of transportation does come near the amount of money that we would've spent on two or even one car.
So if you are contemplating getting rid of your car or living a car-lite lifestyle, I definitely recommend this book!
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