Submitted by RealBurhanAzeem t3_yd4jwf in CambridgeMA
fps81 t1_itvdrds wrote
Reply to comment by ik1nky in Cambridge completely eliminated parking minimums yesterday!! by RealBurhanAzeem
I think you'd be really hard pressed to find a working class person who can live and work car free. Public transit only goes to really high end businesses that can afford the expensive boston/cambridge office space, and doesn't run at all for people doing shift work. People who work at building sites, do in-home work (cleaning, trades, etc.), or who work in warehouses will need a car.
Traveling outside the city without a car is also basically impossible, so you have to live your life inside Boston and Cambridge, or pay thousands of dollars in rental fees to use a rental car when you want to leave.
The people I know who are car free in Cambridge are overwhelmingly high income and spend a lot more on transportation than I do.
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