Life without a car in US

Last month when we moved to the new apartment, the first night our car got stolen. It was a shock when we found about it. Something that was difficult to get through for the next few days. To add to the misery, I had declined the comprehensive insurance on it about a year back. Some statistics on theft and crime in the city of Bellevue can be found here. Over all the crimes are reducing in Seattle region, but car thefts have been increasing by approximately 15% every year. Used car market is as hot as the real estate in this particular area. I was comparing the rates of used cars like Accord, Civics and Camry's with those in SFO and it was cheaper there. Can you believe it ?

It feels terrible without the mobility vehicle. Car is an integral part of your life in US. Without it you can't go to places on the fly, need to depend on friends, and your connection with the active world out in the streets gets reduced.

Once a person moves in a stable state, and is then dispersed from it, it is very hard to come back to that state.
So finally after a stressful search for two weeks I bought another car.

Hopefully someday my car will be found.........and it will be in a good shape.