Surviving Without A Car In North America

Is it possible to survive in North America without a car? An Englishman takes on the challenge.

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May 27, 2005, 10:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"In the rich mosaic of North American society, I stand rather forlornly on my own as a member of an oft-forgotten minority group: I am an adult male who can't drive....I quickly found myself labeled as a maverick and an outcast... a fragile, bloody-minded Englishman lost in the ugly sprawl of car-cloned North America...But then, through a fog of exhaust fumes and hunger pangs, I saw it..."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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Friday, May 27, 2005 in Grist Magazine

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