A scooter is a great way to get around and not buy in to the whole "American auto dream" bullshit.
You'll die if you get hit on it and you can't carry groceries for a family for even one week. You'll get good gas mileage but if you're content with 50 MPG instead of 80 then you'd do fine with a 20+ year old used car that won't kill you if someone backs into you in the parking lot.
You will see Vespa's, however.
You'll die if you get hit on it and you can't carry groceries for a family for even one week. You'll get good gas mileage but if you're content with 50 MPG instead of 80 then you'd do fine with a 20+ year old used car that won't kill you if someone backs into you in the parking lot.