If you live around downtown LA and live near where you work you can manage without a car probably. Most of LA's traffic comes because the "city" is just a potion of LA. LA is so sprawling it's ridiculous. Not to mention the commuter traffic from people who live in Long Beach, north of LA, South of LA (OC, Riverside County). Traffic is insane throughout Southern California honestly. Plagued this whole part of the state, a car is pretty vital to live here.
Do you live like Downtown PHX or maybe Tempe? That's the only way i can see that working unless you literally live right next to work. Buckeye=LOL nope on public transportation
From where i am its usually 10 bucks to get me to downtown for the south. People look at me like its a waste of money but im fine with it.
I live south of downtown like way near laveen. Public transport would be a hassle since both routes put me a sizable walking distance to my house after work. And i get out late from work and dont like the bus rides at night.
You definitely will want one if you move here. You don't want to walking out here longer than 10 minutes in the summer lol
I almost crashed on a freeway on my driving final driving test, that turned me off of driving.
Or if you want buy like a 1 year old used car with low miles. I got a 2017 Ford Fusion SE for $9500
That's also because as cars get less mechanical and more computer controlled, the amount of maintenance and repair that an individual owner can realistically do has gone way down.
