If they can make it work, good for them. It wouldn't work for my family. The heat and the rain make a car necessary for us. We need to move gear as well as kids. And a car gives us more protection from accidents and criminals.
That's true. I remember citing Tolkien in a Beowulf paper in college. And I didn't do so because of his fame, but because him literary criticism was good.
Oh, wait--it's a cake? Well, I'll eat it anyway.