If you think you go it without a car in LA, you’re sadly mistaken. There is no way you can feasibly use mass transit — the city (and its suburbs) are so vast, you could easily spend two or three hours trying to get to a destination that would only take you an hour tops to get to in a car. Just like you can’t live in New York without a winter coat, you just can’t pull off the car-less, eco-friendly lifestyle in Los Angeles.