Do people look down on you for not having a car?

Anonymous
Seems like people are always looking down on me for not having a car. I would like to have one, but I can't afford it. Couldn't afford it when I had a full time job either. That is why I am in school so I can get out and get a better job, and finally get to have a life.

People always seemed shocked when I tell them I do not own a car, it's like they expect everyone to have one :S But I am not rich, I am poor. I take the bus everywhere, thank goodness my school gives us a bus pass for cheap or else I could not get around very easily.

It just sucks because employers won't hire you unless you have a car, and potential dates look down upon you for it too :S

People always say "how come you don't drive, or have a lisence?" I have my lisence, had if for a few years, I have a good driving record. But I cannot afford a car. I don't see how it's hard for people to see that :S Car's are expensive and even working a full-time job I could not afford to have one. I just worked around my parents schedules when I lived at home.

Now that I had to move for school people seem to be judging pretty harshly. Making me feel lazy, even though it's not an easy life without a car. They should try lugging heavy groceries home. The bus does not go down my street, so I have to walk pretty far to get home. And in the rain it's not fun, or in the snow.

Anyone else have this happen to them?
Do people look down on you for not having a car?
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