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A lot of young adults live in cities, where it's not just impractical to own your own car it's prohibitively expensive: insurance, parking, upkeep. They tend to go to school near or in cities and they tend to work in or near cities.
There is a great reverse migration back to cities right now. I have been wondering what happens when they find that walking three block to the corner store and back with two bags of groceries or taking the groceries on a bus or in a cab gets to be a little much, or when supermarket delivery or pizza night is no longer a good option- what then? Then what happens when jr comes long? ZipCar, rentals, cabs, the bus...all modes of transportation but when I need to go somewhere I can get in my car and go. I'm not on anyone's schedule but mine.
Years ago, a car equaled freedom, you could go where you wanted and do what you wanted. When your world gets smaller you don't need that degree of freedom. Suddenly someday someway that world will expand for most of these young people.
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