Would you give up cars to live here?

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
10/09/2018 at 15:54 • Filed to: None

After spending the day here I’d seriously consider it. The roads are too steep and only three streets are even wide enough so cars are banned from Riomaggiore. There’s a parking lot just outside of town and you walk or take a shuttle in.

DISCUSSION (23)

CRider > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
10/09/2018 at 16:06

Motorcycles look like they’d fit...

facw > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
10/09/2018 at 16:08

I think there are plenty of places that are nice enough (and dense enough) to live car free. Ideally, you’d still be able to rent something good for trips outside of town.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > CRider
10/09/2018 at 16:13

Most of the “streets” are stairs. The one pictured above is actually the main drag.

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sony1492 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
10/09/2018 at 16:16

You have this backwards, need to find a place close to a racetrack, decent junkyards, and cheap property for a warehouse orb 4 car garage

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
10/09/2018 at 16:25

I’d love to visit for awhile but probs not.

Klaus Schmoll > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
10/09/2018 at 16:44

Friends of mine have a summer home in Croatia.

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The streets are wide enough for one car but as soon as you stop in front of the house you block everybody else. Recently they installed boom gates which can be triggered by a cellphone with a code.

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So you CAN drive to your house if absolutely necessary, but 99% of the time you park a short walk away. It’s not too bad, actually. Pretty sure the people in that town have a similar arrangement.

shop-teacher > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
10/09/2018 at 16:46

No. I'll visit, but I don't need to live there.

CRider > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
10/09/2018 at 16:59

You’re really trying to sell me on this, aren’t you? Stairs aren’t stopping a determined motorcyclist!

tromoly > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
10/09/2018 at 17:27

I’d give up cars in a heartbeat.

Pickup_man > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
10/09/2018 at 17:28

I have one simple question when it comes to places I want to live. The question is, do other people live near me? If the answer is yes then I do not want to live there. That does look like a really cool town that I’d love to visit though.

random001 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
10/09/2018 at 17:30

I like cars way more than people. F that noise.

DutchieDC2R > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
10/09/2018 at 17:31

Italy is full of amazing driving roads, it has an even more amazing car history, so giving up my car to go live in Italy, one of the cradles of car culture, naaah, Im good.

CaptDale - is secretly British > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
10/09/2018 at 17:33

I wouldn’t give up cars if I lived there

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
10/09/2018 at 17:42

Hard to say. I can see myself not driving, but I don’t see myself being an urbanite.

ranwhenparked > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
10/09/2018 at 18:10

If I can’t have private, covered off-street parking for at least a few cars, the answer is “no” - unless there’s a lot of money in it for me somehow.

TorqueToYield > CaptDale - is secretly British
10/09/2018 at 19:17

Exactly. Keep your car in the parking lot right outside of town. Enjoy insanely great Italian coast roads on weekends/whenever. Walk to wherever you need to get to in town.

Really not that different than what lots of NYC people already do.

InFierority Complex > sony1492
10/09/2018 at 19:36

Finding cheap land on the Ligurian coast may be a bit hard to come by.

InFierority Complex > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
10/09/2018 at 19:37

I’d like to visit Liguria but my heart is in Piedmont and Aosta.

punkgoose17 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
10/09/2018 at 21:11

No I couldn't give up cars. I'd have to have a garage and car outside of town.

sn4cktimes > CRider
10/09/2018 at 21:18

Was going to post similar, bravo!

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > CRider
10/10/2018 at 01:12

I hope you have a robust tailbone.

CRider > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
10/10/2018 at 02:12

You’re almost always standing up on dirt bikes, but yeah it definitely can beat you up.

CaptDale - is secretly British > TorqueToYield
10/10/2018 at 11:17

Yeah but unlike NYC this town doesn't look like it sucks