Cheap things you do vol. every dollar counts

[air spider 777]

Lived in Manhattan my whole life. Will always have a car. I get on the subway every now and again, and recently let me tell you, the subways are the worst I have seen it. Im only 33 so I didnt experience the 70s and 80s but when your father says NYC is back to the 70s ways, you listen. Hes been through it all, living here since 1958.

Even up on the upper east side where my parents live is not that great at night. When they walk their dog at night, I worry.

 

[darthska]

Lived in Manhattan my whole life. Will always have a car. I get on the subway every now and again, and recently let me tell you, the subways are the worst I have seen it. Im only 33 so I didnt experience the 70s and 80s but when your father says NYC is back to the 70s ways, you listen. Hes been through it all, living here since 1958.

Even up on the upper east side where my parents live is not that great at night. When they walk their dog at night, I worry.

Yeah that's no way to live, man.

 

[krider31]

I go through self checkout and use my 50% off coupon everytime

 

[fluid hips]

Could never live in Manhattan. Too crowded. Need my space. Summers are ridiculously humid because all the building ACs are on. Feels like being trapped in a heat dome.

 

[fluid hips]

I feel like Costco fell off. The deals aren't that great like they used to be. Pricing is similar to regular grocery stores when they do their weekly sales.

 

[air spider 777]

Yeah that's no way to live, man.

All I am used to.

I do have a second home in Goshen though that I bought 2 yrs ago. A nice getaway upstate whenever I want. But 95% of the time I am in the city.

 

[WASHED KING]

Yeah that's no way to live, man.

Imagine paying 5 stacks a month to live in fear and coexist with dog sized rodents in the cold.

Couldn't be me

 

[Nouss]

Costco milk way more expensive than AldiS smh.

 

[townbidness]

I feel like Costco fell off. The deals aren't that great like they used to be. Pricing is similar to regular grocery stores when they do their weekly sales.

nice to be able to return anything even 5-10 year old products. When my stuff goes out i just return it.

 

[lovehateself]

depends on what it is youre buying
but inflation didnt go away

 

[picasso swerve]

Another gem.

 

[MakeNTGreatAgain]

public transportation sounds good on paper and so does an uber
but the comfort and ease of having ur own vehicle is bar none
thats like wanting to have roommates ur whole life

 

[solemate96]

This is so similar to Boston and their crap public transit system. Boston is deemed as a "walkable city" but to get from one side of town to another side of town is a journey. The trains are always delayed and one train caught on fire over the summer.

It's just hard to get around sometimes without a car even if everything is close by

 

[waukeganwill]

Another gem.

advice on crossing the road...Im cryin... my mans said he would take a whole different route just to avoid crossin the street

 

[picasso swerve]

public transportation sounds good on paper and so does an uber
but the comfort and ease of having ur own vehicle is bar none
thats like wanting to have roommates ur whole life

Sittingnin my car at a red light right now looking at all the time savers, penny pinchers and peasants coming down from the 1 train.

 

[mplsdunk]

Time is money.

 

[tomdiginson]

I will say this though, I don't trust anyone who has gotten their license during the pandemic.

 

[jayt1202]

I will say this though, I don't trust anyone who has gotten their license during the pandemic.

To avoid covid on the driving test did the test admins just tell peeps to drive around and grade themselves on things like signaling, parallel parking, backing around a corner, etc??

 

[picasso swerve]

To avoid covid on the driving test did the test admins just tell peeps to drive around and grade themselves on things like signaling, parallel parking, backing around a corner, etc??

I helped a friend get her license during covid, you dont need to do drivers ed or anything like that, just a 5 hour online course then you can take your permit test (in person) and as far as the actually driving exam you just went as normal, but masked. This was towards the end of 2020 though, probably for the early part of the year that was shut down.

 

[tomdiginson]

To avoid covid on the driving test did the test admins just tell peeps to drive around and grade themselves on things like signaling, parallel parking, backing around a corner, etc??

I don't know, but from NY experience, many of them can't drive.

 

[darthska]

I will say this though, I don't trust anyone who has gotten their license during the pandemic.

Daaaaaaaang, I never thought about that.

 

[tomdiginson]

Daaaaaaaang, I never thought about that.

Since the pandemic, vehicle homicides have gone up.

 

[picasso swerve]

Another gem.

“Solutions to car dominance”

You cannot be serious.

 

[fluid hips]

Honestly in most countries, it would be seen as normal whereas in the US people would look down on you and call you poor because you don't have an 84 month loan on a Nissan altima

 

[mplsdunk]

Im just laughing at the big *** cart. They make way lighter collapsible ones. That looks like something out of lord of the rings.