Living without a car in Buenos Aires and surrounds

The time has come.  Since we are just days from T-30, it's time to put the car up for sale. It's been cleaned and is ready to go, but am I ready let it go?

The sale of my car, which I worked so hard to get, and which I probably won't be able to replace right away in Buenos Aires, is a bittersweet reminder of the sacrifices that we're making by moving to another country. Originally the plan was to take the car with us because the Honda CRV is a great car to have in Argentina; Honda is also very expensive to buy IN Argentina, as are any cars not built there.  But, after finding out that the import duty would be around 70% of the value of the car, the ARGENTINE value that is (thus making my car's value there much higher than in the U.S.), it simply isn't practical.

The strange part for me though is that I've never lived in or close to a city that didn't require a car.
Ask most people who live in a big city, whether New York, D.C., San Francisco, Paris, etc., if they own a car and they will likely tell you no.

Miami, where we currently live, is different though because it's impossible to live here without a car; it's a sprawling city with terrible public transportation which makes getting to the grocery, vet, or even the library, a real task

Hartford, Connecticut, where I grew up, didn't have great public transporation either as most of the people live in the surrouding suburbs, and so I had a car from the time I turned 18.

So for me, it's going to be difficult because I've always had a car.

My husband on the other had, lived in Paris and knows the woes of trying to find a parking space, getting your car banged up when people back into you, and just the general headaches of having a car. But once again, Paris has a very good transportation system.

In Buenos Aires and the surrounding areas, not only is the transporation pretty good, but groceries can be delivered to the house, veterinarians are on every corner, and pet stores deliver food/supplies to the house as well; there are restaurants, hardware shops, farmacias, locutorios, and places to make your utility payments are everywhere; and public transportation includes the Subte, TBA (tren Buenos Aires),  Colectivos, taxis and remises, making it easy to get around.

Even in our new neighborhood of Acassuso (a part of San Isidro in the Buenos Aires northern suburbs), the grocery store is just a block and a half away, there are three pet suppy stores within five blocks, the Tren de la Costa is just minutes away, there are TBA stations a ten minute walk away, as well as numerous restaurants and local shops. So although it will be difficult to adjust, we don't even really need a car there either.

But, even though it's not a necessity, I'm sure we will break down and buy another car just because we are just used to the convenience of it.
Having a car in the Capital isn't much different because it's a pain to park, it's difficult to drive, and it's always possible to rent a car when needed. Actually