@Ken Minard I live in Lubbock tx, here it really depends on the part of town. 5 to 10 mins can transport you to a different economic experience/opportunities.

I don’t actually drive much for my day job or life (I live in Chicago which has excellent public transport), but I’ve found having a car invaluable for “Driving for Dollars”.

Drainage transportation engineer for a consulting firm in Tempe AZ!

They both share a history of having started during western expansion, and evolved from mining/railroad/transportation hub towns to ranching/agriculture to energy. 

If you calculate just college student debt, getting married, having kids, buying cars for transportation, health insurance, having a house, food, clothing, etc. the system is designed for the public to make just enough to survive to live another day.

Ease of transport.

This will cover transportation costs back to the US for anything major plus other medical.Non life threatening issues in Second and Third world; setting broken leg $50; MRI scan $200; Hip replacement $15,000; Chinese Acupuncturist $10/hour; US trained doctor $50/hour just because he wanted to talk with someone from the US; Prescription drugs being over the counter from Pharmacist cheap, etc.

I am not a stock guy but, anything that has to do with automated transportation seems like a great stock to get into now.

Great restaurants and bars, the best view of NYC from the waterfront, great access to transportation, including a 15 min drive to Newark Airport (once we do that again).

I’ve put less than  4K into repairs. 7k for 6 years of transportation is a good deal to me.