There is no room for those who do not drive.....

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In the U.S.

I may be wrong by anyone's insight would be so helpful. The taxi cabs here in the U.S. states mainly in the midwest (where I live) is so hard. Even when I do go hitchiking, it's very rare and ppl are very suspicious....and I don't blame them. But I really have no one close nor closeship wise to have enough time. I also try and pay these ppl yet still whenever I call, they don't show up. This is getting harder for me and my visits to the only jobs that pay for a living.

MY question is, would it be better to move frorm the U.S. or to another state. If another state, where is public transit more tolerable? I dont' assumet the grass is greener on any kind of sticks but this is getting more and more frustrating, even among my dad and (people who just can't drive).

The poor towns here are great yet they do not get you very far nor near where one lives. I do not live in the K.C. section. Maybe if I did it would be easier, but the crimes and evictions seem so high on the rise right now. It would be great if you all had your inputs on the situations, American or not. This is getting very hard even among some family and relatives I know.

Alice

Austin has a good mass transit system, and we're getting a commuter rail system any day.

I wouldn't hitch hike...it's too dangerous. You could get kidnapped that way. The best rapid transit is in the bay area of California, but since the state is pretty much bankrupt, I wouldn't move out there at the moment...
The Northeast US has subways which make getting around easy but you do a lot of walking in and around Manhattan, even with the subway.
The town Madison in Wisconsin is supposed to be good for bike riders.

I live in Houston, and I ride my bike all over the place when I am in the trend of actually leaving my house.

Have you considered a bicycle? Or a moped?

If neither are an option, yes you could move to a metro area with good public transport. Boston and NY have good public transportation. So do San Fran, Portland OR and Seattle. (LA has buses but you are more likely to have an unpleasant encounter there than anywhere else. LA is great to visit, but it blows to live there.)

I've only been to the midwest once (Chicago and Mineapolis) and had a rental car so I can't comment. I've never been in the south.

I can highly recommend Seattle. I lived without a car for many years.

If you're looking to stay in the Midwest, I have a lot of friends here (Chicago) that do not own a car and get around just fine. I take it you aren't in that part of the midwest?

Another vote for Chicago--I've lived carfree here for 4 years and get around just fine. The trains are great and the bus system covers what the trains don't reach.

Even with a paratransit card, I can't get across county lines to a neurologist where I'm at now. I wish I were back in the SF Bay Area, or at least the Monterey Bay Area, but then, the Housing prices and expenses were too high!! !

We live about 40 minutes out from Columbia in an itty bitty Missouri burg, and yep, what you say about transportation is true here.

It's not so much another state as it is another city, with the key word being 'city' - massively built up metropolitan areas, with a million people all squashed in together, generally have the better public transport systems.

Thing about public transportation and other services is that there are more where the higher densities of people are.
Density of people = more demand for land = higher prices for land = higher prices for most everything else = more stress over prices.

This is a "car country" - if you have no car, you are a non-person.

My brother lived in Germany for several years, I have a good internet friend there, and Germany's transport system sounds well integrated.
Andy and his wife get around quite well on bicycles, transit, and even "community shared" car services.

Anything in our country like that?
One does wish.