my first complaint

Posted 06:56 PM, September 12, 2006, by antilles

For the first time since Robin and I arrived almost a month ago, I am seriously irritated about a quality inherent in CA living.

Driving. Sucks.

We spent the last 5 years in the Boston metro area. The entire 5 years, we lived somewhere in between MIT and Harvard; hence, the idea of owning a car was laughable. Who needs a car when you can get on the T (Boston subway) for $1.25 and go basically anywhere in the city?

Robin always walked to school. I walked to school, and used various bus routes/T lines to get to work. We always lived within a 10 minute walk of the grocery store, and got a granny cart thing to tote our purchases.

But here? We're totally isolated without a car. It's made worse by the fact that we have to live off campus (no pets allowed on campus, and there was no way I was leaving my cat behind) and that there are two of us, so it's more likely that one of us is going to have to travel further to get to work or something.

And you're so... not mobile in a car. If I'm walking somewhere and realize I missed a turn, I just turn around and make my way towards the right direction. In a car, I have to get to the right lane, make a turn, often I can't U-Turn so I have to do some wackass maneuvering.... And then I have to worry about bumping into people (not damaging when you do it on the sidewalk as you walk!) and all that jazz.

And then of course we have car payments, car insurance, and gas to pay for.

What a hassle.

I miss the subway/bus system. I love the weather, love my school, love my classmates, love my apartment, but damn I hate driving.