UPDATE: Time sure flies! I started this thread in 2020 during Covid 19. She wound up renting a U-Haul box van to get from Chicago to New Jersey, then dropped it off when she got here. When it was time for her to move from New Jersey to Boston, she rented another U-Haul box truck locally in New Jersey, drove to Boston, then flipped around and brought the box truck back here. Her boyfriend followed her down from Boston, then they drove back up in his car. It was a rough couple of days. The issue at that time was that U-Haul wasn't doing one-way rental vehicles. It was college move-in season and they didn't want to get stuck with a bunch of dropped-off vehicles in college towns.

It's a real hassle owning a car in Boston so she uses public transportation a lot and Lyft occasionally. There are times when she says a car would be a good idea but doesn't see the need for one at this point.