JCinWrappingPaper wrote:
XxBlondeshavemorefunxX wrote:
...But you have to think of all the what if's in lives (IMO anyway).

If you happen to relocate due to work, a family situation, etc then you might end up somewhere where driving is a necessity.

I just think it's a good, basic skill to have for the future even if you live somewhere where public transportation is everywhere.
I fully agree. There are SO many "what-ifs" and emergencies. If you don't know how to drive you will be unprepared for a lot of the things that life throws at you. What do you guys do when you leave your big cities?? What will you do when you plan on having kids? What do you do when you have to carry a LOT of things, or really BIG things like mattresses, loads of groceries, things from Home Depot?? Does this mean that you guys don't go on weekend roadtrips with friends and such?

I'm sorry - I am just having a hard time understanding how SO many people choose not to drive. It's a completely foreign concept to me because  every able-bodied, non-mentally incapacitated person I know knows how to drive a car.

Even if one doesn't drive regularly and never owns a car, I still feel like one should learn how to drive. It's not difficult...hence why they teach it to FIFTEEN YEAR OLDS. Driving becomes second nature after a while..It's only hard the first few times behind the wheel.

I agree. I live in a big city (Boston) and even though I'm forced to use public transportation (which sucks btw smiley: laugh), I still know how to drive and do it on occasion. It's pretty cool because you can rent a car by the hour here, which I do sometimes if I have errands to do and don't want to/can't lug the stuff on the subway. Granted I didn't grow up here but I still can't imagine someone from here not knowing how to drive. I can kind of/maybe understand for an NYCer but I find it hard to believe that some in this thread will always live in NYC and never expect to learn. Like you said, what about when you go on vacation and need to rent a car or need to use a car in NYC for moving big things?