Because of where I live is so vast (up to 35 miles out from downtown) and my friend's sometimes living in other counties. It's a MUST for a car here to get where I want to go. Public transportation SUCKS here, sometimes as much as up to 3 miles from the nearest bus station. And there are some areas that you DON'T want to take the bus, mainly from the area that the bus runs in (usually where there is crime such as drug dealings, and yes, it's true. we have a shooting in those areas EVERY night. no doubt about it. it's on the news). During the summer it can get to 110 Deg F+ and down to -22 Deg F in the winter, and sometimes down to -50 Def F with windchill.
Other things can be that sometimes the busses are unreliable, and with having to go across town, you may need to take 5 busses just to get from the eastern-most part of omaha, to the middle of omaha going north, south, or west. and then, since I have 2 friends that live in other counties, Omaha doesn't even OFFER busses in there, and no one wants to be pay to put bus lines in there.
So, as much as people say cars aren't needed, wait till you come across a city like mine, where nothing runs on time, or doesn't run to a place at all. With bus routes being as much as 6 miles apart, it's not a decent way to get around. We also have NO subways, and NO streetcars. So yeah... I don't like to drive, but I gotta. If I want to get anywhere, or even to a job, without having to get up at 2am just to get to a job at 6am, it's not going to be feasible to not have a car.
I would like to not have to drive, but it's turning out that I can't rely on other people anymore.
Then I got a whole 'nother problem. Rudeness while driving. It seems that we have been voted as one of the rudest cities to drive in, where no one gives a **** if you are about to be run off the road because the lane ends, and no one wants to let you into the main lanes.
Other things can be that sometimes the busses are unreliable, and with having to go across town, you may need to take 5 busses just to get from the eastern-most part of omaha, to the middle of omaha going north, south, or west. and then, since I have 2 friends that live in other counties, Omaha doesn't even OFFER busses in there, and no one wants to be pay to put bus lines in there.
So, as much as people say cars aren't needed, wait till you come across a city like mine, where nothing runs on time, or doesn't run to a place at all. With bus routes being as much as 6 miles apart, it's not a decent way to get around. We also have NO subways, and NO streetcars. So yeah... I don't like to drive, but I gotta. If I want to get anywhere, or even to a job, without having to get up at 2am just to get to a job at 6am, it's not going to be feasible to not have a car.
I would like to not have to drive, but it's turning out that I can't rely on other people anymore.
Then I got a whole 'nother problem. Rudeness while driving. It seems that we have been voted as one of the rudest cities to drive in, where no one gives a **** if you are about to be run off the road because the lane ends, and no one wants to let you into the main lanes.