Homeschool is rather involved, we do hands-on learning so lots of field trips, lots of "Coop classes" with other families, we also do art/music and tutoring and there are park-days for kids to play and so much more.
I live in Austin Texas, you need a second car to survive. Getting wife and 2 kids around town for everything in uber/lyft isn't economical and my wife also runs a not for profit and volunteers with charity and runs events and I have after work activities such as volunteering for first robotics, girl scouts and such.
Likewise, "not having a car" doesn't mean "never leave the house" (source: I don't have a car, leave the house occasionally).
I can appreciate having a car can be useful, but I'd not call it a necessity. Perhaps things are different in the US of A. The perceived poverty threshold is a lot higher. In many countries, if you have clothes, a roof over your head, and can eat regularly, you're good.
>I can appreciate having a car can be useful, but I'd not call it a necessity. Perhaps things are different in the US of A.
American urban planning is heavily car-centric. They talk about "walkable communities", because the opposite is the norm. A large proportion of American towns and suburbs are sprawling, low-density and strictly segregated between residential and commercial developments. Public transport is often meagre or nonexistent. Parts of America are practically uninhabitable without a car. It's probably true to say that Americans are unreasonably attached to driving and averse to walking, but at this stage it's a self-perpetuating cycle.
So if wife needs a car during the day she drives husband to work in the morning and picks him up in the evening, that's what my husband and I do if only one of us works one day, we only have one car. I can't begin imagine owning two cars if only one of us worked! We'd have to have pretty wealthy to even consider that.
My wife got into a car accident and we need two cars since i work and she home schools.
Why does homeschooling require a car?