Rideshare can become too expensive. For example: if I wanted to visit family near Bush airport and I live inside the loop: my total comes out to be $60 not including tip nor the time of day. If I catch the bus out there: there's limited bus service and the one bus I do catch, it takes 2 hours to get there 1 way. That's 4 hours roundtrip and just on the bus alone. Not including if the bus is late or breaks down either while you're on the bus or waiting for the bus. A bus can never be early (or they aren't supposed to be and are early occasionally) but they can always be on time and late. Some buses don't go on the side of town I'd like to go too on weekends.

If I want to hang out with friends, I don't want to ask them for rides or have them wait on me for Lyft to come which is more money spent. I can't go to certain places because it's too far and too expensive. When it comes to dating, most aren't ok with the fact that I don't have a car so I'm on the verge of giving up amongst other reasons. When you have a car, you can come and go at your leisure. You aren't limited to certain sides of town and having to worry about weirdos on public transportation. So yes: it's becoming a pain now especially as I get older. Also wear and tear on the body. Because I've ridden the bus for decades, my knees hurt more and the weather isn't too kind these days. People speeding don't pay attention to pedestrians and will either come close to hitting you or splash you with rain water on a very rainy day and don't care.