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- Thread starter SoapyCy
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Just graduated. Barely used it freshman year living in the dorms. Used it quite a bit the last three years living off campus. Not a necessity but it is very nice to have
I lived on Welch Ave and walked to my classes. Parking was limited at our apartment so I parked it out at the old dairy farm (I worked there) and I'd often go a few days without driving it. When it got really crappy in the winter we would sometimes park our cars in the Pavilion out there (the one where they found the body a few years back) so it was like having a garage.
As others have said, it's not a need, but it was nice to have, especially on weekends and during the winter.
As others have said, it's not a need, but it was nice to have, especially on weekends and during the winter.
I voted no because it's not a "need" by definition, but I wouldn't want to be without one, especially living off-campus after your first year.
While I had a car while I was there, I didn't need it. It sat for long periods of time, especially when I lived in the Friley.
Then I moved to Hyland street, two blocks from Campus for the rest of my time, and still didn't need it. I used it a lot more then, mainly grocery/alcohol runs, but I didn't need it.
Then I moved to Hyland street, two blocks from Campus for the rest of my time, and still didn't need it. I used it a lot more then, mainly grocery/alcohol runs, but I didn't need it.
Would agree with this.
Can you survive without a car? Sure. Hell, one could say this for most cities. One can survive in des moines, for example, without a vehicle. It would suck, but it is possible and people do it.
With as spread out as things are in ames, between all the stuff (pretty much all your shopping) that's out on duff, and all the housing that is spread all over the city (particularly out west), even though there are technically bus routes, they arent always running frequently\at all depending on time of day.
And if your answer is 'just use someone else's car'.. you're effectively saying 'you need a car', you're just passing that buck on to someone else.
Like the other posts, depends on where you live. While I carpooled home for breaks during my first two years, it was sure nice to have one when I moved out of the dorms.
Your wife is easily manipulated? I don't think she'd appreciate you saying that publicly.
ha! she tells people all the time, manipulated isn't the word I would use, more like, confident. "This dude was just gonna give me a ride to class after a hook up, now we have been together 14 years and have two kids"
Lived on campus with no car for two years, then moved off campus with a car. Even off campus I still took the bus to class because of the parking situation. I drove for everything else. Off campus with a car was my preference between the two.
I've lived there with one, and without one.
Having the car makes it easy to travel off campus. But when I lived in the Apartments, the buses were incredibly easy to use and ran at times that rarely were an issue. I only used my car regularly when getting groceries for the apartment, when doing overnighters at the design center, and it was handy to have when planning to return home for a weekend. Once in a great while, I took a trip into the countryside to help alleviate that sense of being surrounded by the school. In the dead of winter, there might be more reason to use one, but that implies that your car is not parked in some lot quite a walk from where you live (unlikely). When I lived in the dorms, the car would sit for weeks unused.
Now if you have classes at Vet Med, and live on campus, I would speculate that a car is vital (though I'm sure the buses still run there).
Having the car makes it easy to travel off campus. But when I lived in the Apartments, the buses were incredibly easy to use and ran at times that rarely were an issue. I only used my car regularly when getting groceries for the apartment, when doing overnighters at the design center, and it was handy to have when planning to return home for a weekend. Once in a great while, I took a trip into the countryside to help alleviate that sense of being surrounded by the school. In the dead of winter, there might be more reason to use one, but that implies that your car is not parked in some lot quite a walk from where you live (unlikely). When I lived in the dorms, the car would sit for weeks unused.
Now if you have classes at Vet Med, and live on campus, I would speculate that a car is vital (though I'm sure the buses still run there).
