Originally Posted by
dandylion 
Crazed, I thought that I would point out that there are many people who live in large cities, who have high level jobs, who never own a car. Public transportation and cabs and walking and bicycles (and mopeds of a certain size).
congratulations on your progress---and her progress!!
dandylion
Seconding this, and she's saving a good deal of money not owning a car as well. I lost my car last year (when a drunk driver drove into it and totaled it, an accident completely unrelated to my AH) and I decided to try living without it for a while. Got my bicycle fixed up, put some sweet panniers on it, and started riding to work and around town for a good 50% of my trips. I use the subway/bus for most everything else. So I'm no longer spending $300-400/month on car insurance/gas/maintenance. In fact, I haven't even looked at the price of gas in several months, I'm sure it's still out of control though!
That being said, I do live in a fairly large East coast city that was built before cars existed, so it was a super easy transition.