May I ask where you live? The countryside can mean any amount of distance. In many parts of the US the "countryside" between cities could stretch hundreds of mi

May I ask where you live? The countryside can mean any amount of distance. In many parts of the US the "countryside" between cities could stretch hundreds of miles. I live outside of Detroit, but I'm originally from Indianapolis. That's ~300 miles, a 4.5 hour drive by car. I drive that stretch about once every other month to visit family, do work functions (I work from home; my company is in Indianapolis) and other things. As I make this drive, through what is almost exclusively small towns and farms, there's no way public transportation could be made affordable enough to cover the vast distances required so that the reliance of cars in this area would be diminished. And that's in the Midwest, where the cities aren't that far apart (every major city is 2-5 hours away from the others)! Imagine Texas, where you can drive in a straight line for >10 hours and still be inside that state.