submitted 3 years ago by jenbanim@beehaw.org to c/citylife@beehaw.org

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I'm coming up on about 6 months of car-free life in Seattle. It's certainly been challenging at times, and it's only possible at all because I work from home, but I'm making it work. I'm curious if anyone else is trying to do the same thing. There are a ton of anti-car communities online, but very few people seem to actually go car-free as, like, an ideological thing

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[-] Butterbee@beehaw.org 7 points 3 years ago

I'm in Nanaimo BC and I live more or less car free. I own a car but I just put storage insurance on it and don't drive it unless I absolutely need to. Otherwise I use my ebike to get around town. This works because we have some good multi-use paths that can take me from one end of town to the other and I don't have to mix with traffic often.

[-] arcticpiecitylights@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago

Hi BC friend! I'm over in the Fraser Valley and similarly have a car, but only use it for going distances that are not reachable by my RadWagon ebike. We dont have good multi-use pathways because Abbotsford is run by dickheads, but going 40km on the shoulder/bike ditch is usually good enough to keep me from getting vehicular manslaughtered