Newly Car-free

"I never met anyone in my whole life that didn't want to have a car."

That was my mother's reaction when I broke the news to her by telephone. Unfortunately, she was the last to find out. I was saving that conversation, because I knew it would be a long one. And I understood her point of view.

It was similar to one of the cons on my "pros and cons of giving up my car" list. That was the con where I admitted that one reason I would not want to give up my car was that people would think I was poor. I could feel my mother's shiny dreams for me reaching out through my cell phone and crumbling to dust in the air around my head.

But I had hashed it out on paper, in my head, and with my girlfriend over several weeks, and I had made my decision. I would indeed give up my car, and all of the dreams, conveniences, and worries that went with it.

This is my blog about that car-free decision, and the road ahead.