<p>My daughter who has lived in P-town since graduation has never owned a car-</p>
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<p>Seattle’s options are embarrasing.</p>
<p>Yes, they are terrible. But public transportation got a teeny bit better! I can ride the bus to and from work with only one transfer (which I do), and just several years ago that was not possible.
I really wish we would not spend so much money and time on “studies” and just build the darn rail and add more buses.</p>
<p>Berkeley’s public transportation has its issues, but it is LEAGUES above my hometown.</p>
<p>There <em>is</em> no public transportation. 
(Then again, it’s a mountainous resort town with a permanent population <10,000).</p>
<p>We have no public transportation either within the town or to get to or from the town.</p>
<p>We live in a semi-rural area with the nearest “town” being 12 miles away and the nearest city being 25 miles away. No public transportation from the woods to the city.</p>
<p>I’m like thumper. Within some of our small towns there are local bus services, but not much that runs between towns. The university does have a shuttle that goes a couple of places that students need to get to.</p>
<p>They’ve been saying in the news lately that one of the local bus lines down to Boston is going out of business, so we’ll have even less options.</p>
<p>We live in an urban town with public transportation which is pretty usable. You can get from here to other towns nearby, though not always directly. You can also get into NYC in about 25 minutes, and from there to anywhere.</p>
<p>Where we are looking to move permanently down in S. Jersey, there’s not as much public transportation. You can’t get around the area much, but you can get a bus to Atlantic city, and eventually from there to anywhere.</p>
<p>So, both ends of the state we spend time in, public transportation is do-able, if sometimes indirect and roundabout.</p>
<p>Which is good, since neither of my kids has ever owned a car.</p>
<p>Most of our town is within two miles of a train into Manhattan. Where else would you need to go? ;)</p>
<p>That said, back when we had one car my dh took the bus to the Bronx. My youngest has taken a bus occasionally with friends, but they tend to run on hourly schedules at best. You really have to plan ahead.</p>
<p>I live in Boston with a trolley accessible for $2 anywhere in the city that comes every 7 minutes. I work in the suburbs so I drive everyday, however my fiance puts less then 100 miles on his car a month.</p>
<p>There is no public transportation in my town or my region. Also, you can’t walk to anything. A car is a must.</p>