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On 26 Aug 2004 at 11:40, Daniel Baum wrote: > Not having to fix a car is one thing, not having to drive it is quite > another. Why not just get a taxi and save having to buy it too? It used to be that I couldn't understand how big city people could afford taxi prices. Then I met someone who lived in downtown New York and didn't own a car. He pointed out that he can take the bus or subway most of the time, take a taxi when he needs to, and rent a car for vacations, all for much less money than it would cost him to own, insure, park, maintain, and drive a car in that city. I don't think most of us even begin to appreciate what we put up with just to live the "American Dream" of owning and driving a car every day. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~