{"id":5887,"date":"2026-05-27T06:17:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/?p=5887"},"modified":"2026-05-27T06:17:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:17:43","slug":"i-admire-people-who-choose-to-live-without-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/i-admire-people-who-choose-to-live-without-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"I Admire People Who Choose to Live Without Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have thought about trying to live without<br>\na car many times.<br>\nBut the inconvenience always outweighs<br>\nthe convenience of having a car.<br>\nNow that I am older and see doctors<br>\na car guarantees I\u2019ll make appoments.<br>\nA tax cab might or might not provide that<br>\nsame guarantee based on my experience.<br>\nAnd I shudder at the cost of having a taxi<br>\nwait for me while I grocery shop.<br>\nAnd I worry about being like a shut in<br>\nif I had my groceries delivered.<br>\nSo I\u2019m still not car free like the many<br>\nI admire because they can pull it off.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Boyd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have thought about trying to live without a car many times. But the inconvenience always outweighs the convenience of having a car. Now that I am older and see doctors a car guarantees I\u2019ll make appoments. A tax cab might or might not provide that same guarantee based on my experience. And I shudder&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/i-admire-people-who-choose-to-live-without-cars\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5887"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5887"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5888,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5887\/revisions\/5888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}