Great opinion piece; I'm glad to read that someone decided not to own another car after realizing the weren't any good at driving.

Most of the comments over on OregonLive are belittling her for it, along the same lines we've all heard before: 'nobody doesn't drive,' 'it's not going to work for me, therefore nobody should do it,' and oddly enough those who are saying that are admitting they have set themselves up in a car-dependent "lifestyle."

Cars have become American alter egos.
Mercedes Benz, Lexus, or a Ford, what you drive is who you are, IN AMERIKA!

I would love to dump my car, I hate everything about cars and the car culture.

It's interesting because the only reason I have the car is to get to and from my job as a bus driver!

As we can see from current events, transit in America is nothing but a lame joke.

It gets whacked with impunity while the government funds hair brained schemes and wars.

So basically, we Americans are stuck with owning a car if you have to go places, cause there is no option.

Unless of course you live, work, and play in your neighborhood, which is becoming increasing impossible as the so called "economy" (another farce) dries up.

Unless of course you live, work, and play in your neighborhood, which is becoming increasing impossible as the so called "economy" (another farce) dries up.

I attended an event called "Focus The Nation" last Friday night, where someone pushing "20-minute neighborhoods" (where everything you need, including your housing, job, recreation, etc. was within a 20 minute walk) wanted to know how we were going to get there when things like TriMet service cuts are on the table.

(where everything you need, including your housing, job, recreation, etc. was within a 20 minute walk)

Great idea - have open heart surgery at the corner acupuncture clinic.

Who makes computer chips in your neighborhood? Or flat screens for those computers? Or (gasp) automobiles?

The fools that promote garbage, like 20 minute neighborhoods, simply do not understand people's needs or the economy.

Funny to see JK rag on "fools that promote garbage" who "do not understand other people's needs or the economy." I'm sure the irony escapes him once again.

(Also, Jim: you might want to take some time to actually find out a little bit about a subject before you post on it. All you've done is show off to everyone here that you don't have even the faintest grasp of the "20 minute neighborhood" concept.)

Actually, Jim has a good point. Once The Government forces us all into 20-minute neighborhoods at gunpoint, where will we go for our weekly open heart surgery appointments?

Open heart surgery appointments will be performed at FEMA concentration camps. Each neighborhood will have one of those within a 20-minute walking distance as well.

(They'll be very small concentration camps; energy efficient ones, too).