From MSNBC, via my neighbor, Casey (and Bus Nerd):
Meet Natalie McVeigh, the auto industry’s latest headache.
At 25 years old, McVeigh lives in Denver and has two good jobs, as a research analyst and an adjunct professor of philosophy. What she doesn’t have — or want — is a car.
A confluence of events — environmental worries, a preference for gadgets over wheels and the yearslong economic doldrums — is pushing some teens and twentysomethings to opt out of what has traditionally been considered an American rite of passage: Owning a car.
Guess that mad man wasn’t so mad after all.
Hmm, I wonder if in a few years they’ll be writing articles about how “traditionally” people bought cars when they have kids, but these crazy new parents are just riding buses!