[hikawaii]

I put my car in storage, it was doable but it wouldn't have been without uber, going anywhere via transit would've involved at least one twenty minute transfer.

I mostly just hoofed it everywhere, but it did limit my access substantially.

Meanwhile, unless it's very cold or I'm going to a different city I have much less of a need for a car in my more rural locale.

[reaperducer]

I put my car in storage, it was doable but it wouldn't have been without uber

Why not? I lived in Seattle for years without a car, before Uber was even invented. Get an Orca card, and a ZipCar subscription for once-a-month trips. Problem solved.

[hikawaii]

Having to take any transfer at all adds fifteen minutes to a trip, scheduling issues and a life pattern that routinely had me in Fremont, Bellevue, etc.

Went to SoDo a fair bit and that was always an extreme chore despite the short distance.

Walking .8 to whole foods and back with a weeks worth of groceries wasn't unlivable or anything, but I had to pay 50% more for food to even get that close.

Today, I walk like a quarter mile for groceries basically whenever I'd like and don't have to deal with city traffic.

The point is not Seattle bad or transit bad, the point is that despite a design with many more "car centric" elements, I have an easier time walking and biking here than I did there - so you can't lay all urban problems at the feet of cars and assume that pro density urbanism magically fixes them.