Any one who lives and works in a metropolitan area drives with manual transmission is borderline masochist.
I have owned both manual tranny (back in 1960’s) and automatics. I would never go back to manual unless I was living in Montana where the population density is smallest.
I drove my CJ-5 for years on the hills of SFO. Going from a full stop on a 30 percent grade kept your legs in great shape and the clutch lasted over five years. Brought the beast back from Nicaragua where the plates don’t have annual tags; cops never gave me a ticket!! Even on Friday night on Union avenue.