As spring approaches, graduates leave behind the city and campus alumni often reminisce about: Is the reason Americans miss college so much its walkability and built-in sense of community?
It is common in other countries or large cities like New York or D.C., where public transportation is prevalent, to live without a car, but not quite as easy in the rest of the US. According to Smart Growth America, a non-profit focused on healthy land-use and development, only 6.8% of the U.S. population is located in a walkable area.
Is it possible to depend on public transportation and your own two feet?
Joey Crews, the energy program and conservation coordinator for Athens-Clarke County and Kate Merryweather, a third-year UGA student, discuss the advantages of living a car-less lifestyles and how she is able to navigate in a city like Athens.
Ella Sather is a journalism major in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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