I'm not sure it's black or white, but maybe a lot of grey area when it comes to car or no car. Our vehicles are tools for us. We live somewhat rurally, so there is no corner store to walk or bike to. We don't joy ride around. Our truck sits until we absolutely need to to haul yards of potting soil or renovation materials. Our car is used about once a week for grocery shopping. We are retired, so no one is driving to work anymore. We still pay our monthly car insurance, fill up the car tank about once a month and have maintenance costs. After saying that, I do wonder if we could make it without our vehicles. We would have to rely on taxis or Ubers, food delivery services, and family members. I'm not ready to give up my independence just yet.