Some observations about being a driver instead of a pedestrian:
I keep getting semi-lost because when I was a pedestrian I could whip out my phone and check the map while I was moving. You can't do that when you're driving, so I find myself making a lot of U-turns and attempting to go around a lot of weirdly shaped blocks in Marin, which by the way is not on any kind of grid at all.
I don't actually mind driving in and of itself. The act of driving doesn't bother me. But it does annoy me deeply that I have no choice but to drive most of the time, because of the state of public transit and how far apart everything is.
In my old neighborhood I found it irksome that the closest bar was 4 blocks away. The closest bar in this neighborhood is miles away. Lots of miles. No stumbling home from that.
I think driving vs. walking is my main beef with Marin, which otherwise continues to be peaceful, beautiful, and pleasant.
I keep getting semi-lost because when I was a pedestrian I could whip out my phone and check the map while I was moving. You can't do that when you're driving, so I find myself making a lot of U-turns and attempting to go around a lot of weirdly shaped blocks in Marin, which by the way is not on any kind of grid at all.
I don't actually mind driving in and of itself. The act of driving doesn't bother me. But it does annoy me deeply that I have no choice but to drive most of the time, because of the state of public transit and how far apart everything is.
In my old neighborhood I found it irksome that the closest bar was 4 blocks away. The closest bar in this neighborhood is miles away. Lots of miles. No stumbling home from that.
I think driving vs. walking is my main beef with Marin, which otherwise continues to be peaceful, beautiful, and pleasant.
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