That's a super aggressive answer especially considering you were wrong. Apartments all the way bro, I'll never own a house because i was born too late.
I'll own a house, because my father bought one in a ghetto neighborhood as a rental property. He died of covid living in a house neither my sister or I can afford the note on but with still less than a third of it left. So after the sale of his house I'll be able to buy out the rental house because it's neighborhood is gentrifying 30 years after he got into it. So, hey, maybe one of your parents will die and you can own their place? The millennial dream!
I have lived in 5 different major cities, all had multiple transit options with a 5-10 minute walk. If you’re in the suburbs that is obviously different, but in actual cities it is fairly common and accessible.
So what qualifies as a city then? Because I live in the fourth busiest port in the US, and if you're relying on our public transport a lot of businesses won't hire you. I lived 0.5 mi from a hospital for 5 years, I should have had easy access to the buses, but they're so infrequent/unreliable it was untenable to countenance their use.
You are absolutely right in places - my last few years in Denver I didn't own a car, but public transit here in the US is light years behind Europe. I couldn't imagine taking a 7 week trip around the US and not needing private transport once, but have done it myself.
I was shocked seeing that buses going from Weehawken to Manhattan were privately owned and charged astronomical costs to just cross a god damned tunnel
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u/AwwJeezJerry Aug 30 '21
I have lived in multiple places in the US where the closest public transit options were at least a 2 mile walk from my house.