<div class="quote_poster">shapecity Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">It's superior civil engineering in Europe. Their public transportation puts the US to shame. The only two US cities I've been to where you don't need a care are San Francisco and Portland. I've never been to New York, but most people function without a car there.</div> Yup. My cousin when she got her job at the World Bank 5-6 years ago, got a car from her parents as a congratulatory gift and she sold it as soon as she got to NYC. There's no need with the subway system she says.