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While you don't need to drive in NYC, you'll find plenty of people have cars. In fact, most do. Contrary to popular opinion, Manhattan is not the only borough.

I suspect the decline is largely related to the Internet and the increased ability of people to work from home. Work from home = no commuting = less miles driven.

EDIT: In fact, most do. = 46.6%. Happy?



> In fact, most do.

New York City is the only city in the country in which more than 50% of residents don't own a car, and that's looking at all five boroughts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._cities_with_most_...

(If you were looking at just Manhattan, the number would be around 80% - estimates vary.)

The next two are also in the tri-state area (Newark and Jersey City).

It's not until you get to DC (#4) in which you come to a different metropolitan area, and they only have 37% of residents without a car.


http://www.nycedc.com/blog-entry/new-yorkers-and-cars

23% in manhattan, ~46% overall. Definitely not a majority, especially if just talking manhattan.


I'm mostly just curious where you even came up with that notion. Out of everyone I know in New York only one guy ones a car and he's daft.




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