I learned to drive recently. It was never a necessity for me back when I lived in the city. We moved to Shauna's house which is pretty far from transport links like trains. They cancelled the bus that drove past our house so it was a mile walk daily to and from the alternate bus route. That walk took it out of me each morning, Daily commute was about 1:15 each to and from work and I was still often late for work.

Now I just drive to work. Record time for getting back is 20 minutes. It's a bit more expensive, but far better than taking the bus,