Why I don’t have a car? Inside City

Why I don’t have a car? - Inside of the City

or … why do I love the public transportation system …

Quite often in the last period I am constantly asked why I am not buying a car…The answer is so simple: because I do not want to! It is not related with money, it is also related with other costs, with my freedom, my comfort, privacy and egocentrism. Not having my own car still allows me to get wherever I want, not quite in the same time but with the lowest cost, without leaving traces and in a complete anonymity.

Buses:
The R.A.T.B. lines in Bucharest are covered 98% by the latest Mercedes-Benz Diesel buses with air-conditioner, LCD screens which are enchanting your eyes with images screen-saver type and various infos, and hypnotic music is played all the time for relaxing the passengers.
The frequency is pretty decent.

The subways:
The subway has a direct link between the only two high-ways Romania has (A2 Constanta and A1Pitesti) and practically is crossing the city from the east side to the west side in just 25 minutes; and this is not all.

There is always plenty of space and enough spare seats. It is time for lecture, reading and meditating in the “Bombardier” which has the nick-name “silver bullet”. All the stations have suspended LSDs with funny & interesting news or just short information about what’s up in the city. They are also providing 2 free newspapers in case somebody is forgetting the current on-going book to be read. The subway underground world is a different world: with its own TV channel, typical commercial, its own newspapers, small shops: from pharmacy, cosmetics, flowers shops to bags, fashion boutiques, books and food.
There is actually a McDonalds’ in the underground! At Unirea 2!
Here, under, you can see the latest models of All Star or Converse shoes close to Sarah Karen or Zia Pia high heels shoes, the city office prêt-a-porte sitting next to the street fashion.

Bags, dresses, tights, colors, ear-rings, watches, shoes, mobile phones, books, make-ups, accessories, hair styles … you name it.
All in the same place.
All free of charge.
It is like window shopping with the difference that you do not move … the models are …
And all together moving with high speed inside of the same figurative bullet.

Seating next to each other on similar blue chairs.
You can seat and look at them discreetly without even knowing them.

Without hellos and without good-byes.
You just travel together with them and they are travelling together with you.
Everybody with their own life, their own mobile phone, texting their own messages’, having their own ways, their own styles, books and targets … sharing a piece of this with you inside of the same space for a couple of minutes while slicing the city in two.
Some of them are laughing, talking, some smiling, listening to music at iPod, some are faceless, void, some preoccupied and sometimes some have tears in their eyes … It happened to me also, but u can easily hide it out or u realize that it does not matter anyhow … they will never ask u why …(…)

Moral of the story:

I would not like to miss all of this in exchange of driving a car alone for half an hour or more.

The moments while driving a car long distance should be shared.
I prefer to “share” this time with unknown persons instead of not sharing them at all.
And for short distance there are always plenty of alternatives.

It is like with the relationships. If you are ok on your own why would you get involved in a long term relationship just because everybody else is? It is not logic. And it is not logic for me to be like everybody else …