I have a serious need to buy a car. Right now I'm living at a picturesque boarding school in Middle Of Cornfields Delaware & should be able to get away for a weekend. The kids are fun & all but they'll drive you nuts if you don't peace out every now & then. However, I don't like driving & have no great desire to buy a car, so I have made very minimal efforts thus far (it's been over a month) to find one. If I get one I'll be able to go to NY (where I've never been) and Carolina to see my friends, but if I don't I guess I'll have money & will be free of the dangers & annoyance of driving.
I did do some driving over the summer, in rent-a-cars in Tuscany & Sicily. Driving in Italy is totally different -- the cities are way wack, but the highways are lovely and awesome. It's easy to tell why Italians like driving so well. Conversely, the last time I drove any distance in the States I got hit by a tractor trailer, which kind of sucked.
Walking is a mode of transportation I approve of, but I never learned to ride a bike. When I was 5 I had a tricycle I didn't use because it was so much easier & more efficient to just be carried around by my mom. The transition to a two-wheeler was one I never made.
Chris
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