Reasons to NOT buy a horse.

[Axonius]

1) Horse cost $1000 gold.
2) Horse can get killed.
3) Horse not much faster than running by foot.
4) By the time you can afford a horse, fast travel is the best travel option anyway.

Just my opinon so far. Feel free to retort.

[Gustavo Eats His Own Chicken?]

Now now now!
The horse I bought saved my life one time. I adore horses now.

[KL]

I remember how this one time I was a member of the Dark Brotherhood and I didn't realise that Shadowmere was mine. I was quite frankly worried because whenever I fast traveled a creepy freaking horse kept fast travelling with me and I killed Shadowmere because like, wtf is that?? And I then googled, "freaky black horse skyrim" or something and I found out that Shadowmere is an ally and a gift.

[SpeedFreak1972]

fast travel is for whims

[Alkpaz]

Fast Travel is so overrated.

[AgentSmith]

Fast travel is horrible. Learn to fly

[SpeedFreak1972]

I like horses they are with convenient horses such good portable chests ....

[KL]

Originally posted by Storm:

Would be easier to make Reasons to each one play their own style, some people prefer fast travel, others traveling in a horse... My first playthrough I enjoyed riding around like a ♥♥♥♥♥♥.

Have we forgotten carriages?
Eliminate the anti-realism (As far as Skyrim's realism can go) of outright fast travelling and pay for a carriage (yeah, it's essentially the same as fast travel functionally, however it does make sense in Skyrim's universe and it costs money so it's not completely effortless).

[Emmote]

Never used horses in Skyrim. So many reasons not to.

1) Can't attack anything so you constantly have to get off and kill stuff.
2) I'm OCD about picking flowers and mushrooms and things, and they're so common that you can't go two paces without seeing them, so again, have to keep getting off.
3) They'll get themselves killed by mindlessly charging into battle with a sabre cat on the other side of the map.
4) I prefer sneaking everywhere.

I use the Better Fast Travel - Carriages and Ships mod so I can't fast travel anywhere, except for carriages, which cost more the further away places are, so it normally takes me forever to get anywhere, but it's better that way as you see more.

[Natureul]

I was playing Skyrim, I was riding Shadowmere, and a pack of wolves attacked, Shadowmere like stepped on a wolf, and flew in the sky. Shadowmere fell and died.

It made me cri.

[BHammer]

Two words: Convienient Horses

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

1) Riften Quests: Shadrs Debt (two free stable horses), Promises to Keep (for Frost)
Arvak (From Dawnguard questline), Shadowmere (From Dark Brotherhood questline).

2) Convenient Horses

3) Convenient Horses

4) Fast travel is only good for places you have already been to. Horses can climb mountains.

[moldbread]

player.additem f 1000

[The Filth]

Kek, No. Shadir's quest costs a 5th of what a Horse Costs and that's only if you have the Unoficial Patches and Low Speech. 1,000 can be made in just four dungeons at level 5. Horses can only be killed by fall damage, you would have died too if the horse didn't fully break your fall. Fast Travel can only be used to go to places you have been and Horses are great for Mountain Climbing.

[SpeedFreak1972]

err I don't know why you should do that 1000 gold in skyrim is easy I am atm level 4 and I've got more then that already ... not even gone to riverwood (making a nice detour).

[Leaf]

Reason to not buy a horse:
1) If you have Dawnguard DLC, Arvak.

Reasons to buy a horse:
1)Ally in battle
2)1000 gold can be easily made through simply carrying and selling loot you find in dungeons/on bandits/etc.
3)You CANNOT fast travel while overencumbered but while riding on a horse you CAN. So you don't have to drop something just to be able to move around at a reasonable speed.