> In article <27GdnYDFxcHlqbXVnZ2dnUVZ8q7inZ2d@bt.com>,
> brimstone520-ng02 @yahoo.co.uk says...

>> Boltar wrote:

>>> On May 12, 10:53 am, Roger Thorpe warwick.ac.uk>
>>> wrote:

>>>> I think that you're wasting your time, The noisier ons here simply
>>>> will not believe that it's possible to live a full life without
>>>> owning a car, even in London. Even if you convince them then you'll
>>>> get the usual bleating about the car that you once owned (and maybe
>>>> still do).

>>>
>>> Its perfectly possible to live without a car. Its also perfectly
>>> possible to live without a house or flat in this country as many
>>> krusties and pikeys keep proving. Tents , tree houses or beaten up
>>> caravans are cheap after all. However , would you want to?
>>>

>>>> geographically across Great Britain. In 2001, the rate of car
>>>> ownership was higher than 50 per cent in all areas, with the
>>>> exception of nine inner London boroughs and Glasgow city.
>>>> Households in London and other urban areas were least likely to
>>>> have a car, whereas households in rural

>>>
>>> If you think the majority of people in those areas who don't have a
>>> car don't have one because they don't want one you've living in a
>>> dream world - they simply can't afford one (and/or the insurance).
>>>

>> It may suprise you to learn that not everyone feels the need to have
>> a steel status symbol sitting outside their house.
>>

> As I've said before, its not possible to live in *most* places around
> here without a car. Rare buses and too far to cycle carrying heavy
> loads.