Consider yourselves lucky you don't live here, in L.A.. I don't think it is possible to survive without driving here. Our trains are great, but they don't go everywhere a person needs to go. Our buses are a joke. One an hour, every hour, except on Sundays when many lines don't run at all. We learn to drive here much sooner than people in the rest of the country. Without a car you cannot shop, go to the doctors or to work, visit friends unless they live close, go to any theme parks, etc... Everyone drives here and you're considered weird or infantile if you don't. Not saying that this attitude is correct, but it is just the way it is. I hope the bus strike doesn't happen, Gary. That would be more than just inconvenient for you, it would be a major life crisis.