I’m with you poorgradstudent. I don’t mind biking or walking. Given a choice, I wouldn’t have a car.
Yeah, looking at cars to judge people is shallow. But the reality is that we live in a consumer-driven society. People do judge you by what you drive. America is a country of social climbers and people forget very quicky where they came from.
I’m sure that as you get your graduate degree and take on a professional job, you’ll get “assimilated” very quickly.
Years ago, a friend of mine was in medical school and driving a rusted old Ford. Now he’s a big shot and one day we were riding in his car. We were at a stop light and he made a snide remark about the car next to us “Geez, how can people drive such old crappy stuff?”
