I do live in Central Europe. However, the people who consider that hurdle are usually young people, living alone. Their focus now is to enjoy the life, travel,

I do live in Central Europe. However, the people who consider that hurdle are usually young people, living alone. Their focus now is to enjoy the life, travel, socialising, etc. In a few years, they will have partner, kids, and they will find out, that the car saves them a lot of time. It they can do in 10 minutes, what used to take 45? Sure, bring it on. That's exactly the reason why I and my similarly aged friends got the cars: the day has only 24 hours, and compared to that, car-related costs are only an expense, and quite a small ones in the bigger scheme of things.