I currently drive, but I live close enough where I could bike or even electric skateboard. I also live in the midwest, so weather in the Winter can prevent me from doing either.<p>When I worked in the city, I would drive to the light rail, take the light rail into the city, and then walk several blocks to our office. After a two years of doing this, I felt like I was wasting a lot of time in transit each day, which is why I changed jobs so I could be much closer to home.<p>The funny part is that five years ago, there were several articles talking about how all the millennials were moving into the city and forgoing the suburban lifestyle to be closer to the "action" of the downtown area. Fast forward to 2018. I've already seen several articles this year about how those same millennials are now moving out of the city and into the suburbs to forgo all the crime of the big city.
The question that of course needs to be asked alongside this: how many other options are there for you to commute? In my case, zero. I live 0.5 miles from the nearest bus stop, so I _could_ take the bus... but it only picks up every hour I believe, and would take me almost two hours to get to my office. It's too far for me to bike (25 miles each way). Our city doesn't have the capacity or capability for light rail. Carpooling would be awesome, but I don't know of anyone else that lives in my area and also works anywhere near my area.