[3am]

Are you talking about using a car or owning a car in SoCal?

I tend to agree with MikeCF on this one. You're saying that "It can't be done. Period."

Those are strong-ass words... especially coming from this forum where I thought guys here didn't follow the norm...
well, let me tell you that it can be done.. because I did it.

And a little about me.. I'm a born and bred Angeleno and about 6 years ago I found myself without a car.
I swear I thought it was going to be the end of the world and had to force myself to think differently.

But after figuring out the public transportation system, I never owned a car since.

I know you want specifics, but I'll give you the basics of it. I used to live in Los Feliz and if you look at the map above, I was walking distance from the Sunset/Vermont station and worked out of the 7th and Metro station.

I had a lot of things that were walking distance from me.. grocery, bars, etc. How about when I went out to the clubs in Hollywood? Ether Taxi, hitch a ride with people or take the subway going there. Yea, I'm using a taxi and/or hitching a ride with others in a car but that's not really the point. The point is that I don't own one or *need* one.

Since most people had cars, you usually had a way of getting some sort of ride.

I had family in the San Gabriel Valley, so how did I visit them? Took a bus, had somebody pick me up or don't visit them at all.

And the funny thing is that I know a lot of people who don't own cars now. And by the way, when I was in my early 20's I used to roll around the Hollywood clubs with an old beat-ass Toyota corolla and had NO problems with the ladies. Yes, the car culture is strong in Southern California but owning one and/or owning a *cool* one is way overrated.