Quote Originally Posted by jsmyers View Post
For what its worth, my sister and brother in law live in Chicago [[not downtown) car-free and are members of Zipcar. They are pretty happy with the service.
For what it's worth, all of the ammenities one would need in Chicago are not only in the city, but usually accessible via mass transit, something Detroit inherently lacks. For someone in business, it is a royal pain in the ass to not have a car in Metro Detroit. Despite working and living in Detroit, you could have one meeting in Troy and an hour later have one in Taylor, on a regular basis. In Chicago, 80-90% of business is within reach of mass transit. Not exactly a situation tailored to not having a car. This is not uncommon either. I have many friends in the same boat.