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In article <4r7mb7$4la@panix2.panix.com>, dwl@panix.com (David W. Levine) wrote:

> The only place we overlap is that we both
> use some of the same city wide specility shops. (Mostly food places)
> This is both a cause and consequence of Manhattan's population
> density. 

That's just why life in Boston without a car was so irritating; even in
one of the most densely populated parts of the city, there aren't enough
people to support that many businesses. So the entire population of the
South End, Back Bay, and Fenway trudges to the same handful of grocery
stores, drugstores, etc. and trudges back home with two bags of food.
Being able to hop in a vehicle and spend an afternoon doing errands is
really handy. Plus, the transit system seems designed to prevent people
from the Back Bay and vicinity from ever going to Cambridge; when I didn't
have a car, I went to Cambridge about twice in a year. 

When I depended on my car to drive to a job on the South Shore, it sucked,
but having a car in Boston that you don't _have_ to use all the time is
really great. I wouldn't do without it.

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