Over the years, I've realized that:
I don't enjoy driving.
I don't like sharing the roads with dangerous drivers (especially in my area with frequent accidents).
I don't like the costs and financial burdens associated with owning a car.
Groceries and appointments seem to be my only reason for needing a car, but I feel like I can find ways around these with proper location and route planning. Right now, I currently live in the suburbs where it's basically essential to own a car.
I'm looking for a way where I can live a life without the need for a car. It seems that by re-locating to a country with a superior transit system, it could be an option. Is this possible or am I being unrealistic? What am I missing?
How big or important of a factor was this for you when going nomad? How does it impact you?
I’m debating on selling my car for all the reasons you listed minus that nasty car accident…I’m sorry you had to experience that ! I currently live in the states but I’m in and out of the country or my home state every month and sometimes every other week so honestly owning a car for me is a tad useless and expensive. I’m wondering if investing in a scooter or a mini bike isn’t a better way for me to get around the cost issue and simultaneously the hatred for driving. I’m not sure if this is something you’d enjoy as this is still a stressful activity but it’s an option especially in the US. It provides the option of grocery shopping (granted not Costco trips) but for a single person it’s perfect. My partner and I go grocery shopping for us on his motorcycle all the time, we’ve got big enough bags for everything we need for like a week or two and we like to go shopping weekly (doesn’t matter for us price wise because we shop at the army base commissary so we save a lot of money already) anyway, just food for thought, there are walkable cities in the US by the way, many larger cities in New England, anything down to Virginia, Savannah Georgia is very walkable, I don’t know much about the Midwest but I know that Chicago is a walking friendly city for example. I hope you are able to figure it out ! I’m a European living in the states with my citizenship now and I’ll just tell you now, living in different countries is great and all but depending on the field you’re in, I’d suggest you keep your retirement in one country, it gets tricky (expensive) when you start working for foreign companies in different countries. Hope this helps !