HN community, obviously, skews young, urban, and often "progressive". Quite the demographic that may not (right now!) be interested in car ownership. When I liv

HN community, obviously, skews young, urban, and often "progressive". Quite the demographic that may not (right now!) be interested in car ownership. When I lived in Chicago, it was quite possible to live w/o a car (I still had one, because, hell, it's convenient). If you're an overpaid hipster in the SF bubble, you can absolutely do without a car, riding over little old ladies and baby strollers in a Bird or Lime scooter, and having some poor gig economy Joe Schmoe lug groceries and packages for you. And that it does not actually work for the rest of the world... well, they try not to set foot there, so why would they care. As for people who point at China, or some European country with lower car ownership, sure, you CAN do without. And 200 years ago people did without electricity and (gasp!) computers, too. But not many people want to go back there.