And
that's when I had my fancy idea. Why not just give up having a car at all? I live
in London. We have a railway station behind our house, a tube station 10 minutes'
walk away, and a bus stop at the end of the street. A new car club had just opened
in our area, and one of its shiny little red Peugeots was parked nearby. If any
family in Britain could live without a car, I reasoned, then surely we were that
family.
But
my new car-free idea, sadly, wasn't shared by my family. My teenage daughters were
horrified. What would their friends think about our family being "too poor
to afford a car"? (I wasn't that bothered what they thought, and I suggested
the girls should take the same approach.)
My
friends, too, were astonished at our plan. What would happen if someone got seriously
ill overnight and needed to go to hospital? (an ambulance) How would the children
get to and from their many events? (buses and trains) People smiled as though this
was another of my mad ideas, before saying they were sure I'd soon realize that
a car was a necessity.
that's when I had my fancy idea. Why not just give up having a car at all? I live
in London. We have a railway station behind our house, a tube station 10 minutes'
walk away, and a bus stop at the end of the street. A new car club had just opened
in our area, and one of its shiny little red Peugeots was parked nearby. If any
family in Britain could live without a car, I reasoned, then surely we were that
family.
But
my new car-free idea, sadly, wasn't shared by my family. My teenage daughters were
horrified. What would their friends think about our family being "too poor
to afford a car"? (I wasn't that bothered what they thought, and I suggested
the girls should take the same approach.)
My
friends, too, were astonished at our plan. What would happen if someone got seriously
ill overnight and needed to go to hospital? (an ambulance) How would the children
get to and from their many events? (buses and trains) People smiled as though this
was another of my mad ideas, before saying they were sure I'd soon realize that
a car was a necessity.
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