Quote Originally Posted by Eden View Post
???????? I have a car, but I live my daily life mostly car free, and when I do use it, it is a convenience rather than a necessity. I can *walk* to most of the things that I need (groceries, restaurants, library etc) easily bike to even more of them (I bike to work almost exclusively - only take the bus on coach enforced rest days - I have never driven to work!). Our transit system isn't as good as other cities, but it certainly is workable and improving (light rail opens next month!!).

Ironically enough we really need to use the car, it is mostly to travel to bike races.........
sorry, that statement was born out of ignorance. My only experience with Seattle is the usual touristy downtown sites and visiting my friend in Bellevue (and there's nothing nearby there, but then Bellevue isn't technically Seattle either, so mea culpa).