Follow me on a journey to car-freedom.
Call me odd, eccentric, crazy, weird, out there, nuts, off my rocker or just plain insane, but I have decided that I don’t really need a car. I hate driving. The rush hour, the gas prices, drivers and just cars in general drive me nuts. I’m not an angry person, but driving brings it out in me. I hate stupidity, what can I say? The more I drive, the more idiocy I see.
Couple that with some of my personal financial issues-poor, starving liberal arts major who works 2 jobs at the moment- and I have decided a car-free or car-lite lifestyle is the right choice for me.
I’m not a hippie, by any means, and vote rather conservatively. This has been a slow process for me and will continue to be until September. I had entertained the idea as a possibility for grad school in the distant future, but as gas prices rose, I started looking at my life now. Nearly everything I could need would be within a 5-6 mile radius of me if I moved into an apartment in the Victorian Village/Southwest OSU campus area. Groceries, work, school, bars and restaurants as well as a very capable bus route. For those times when biking, busing or walking won’t work I plan on using Zip Car car share or chipping in for gas if my friends pick me up.
I hope to keep this as a journal of my experience and inspire others to entertain the possibility of alternative transportation.
