Getting in a car and driving a couple of miles through stop signs, traffic lights, winding suburban boulevards, and cul-de-sacs is more convenient than a five m

Getting in a car and driving a couple of miles through stop signs, traffic lights, winding suburban boulevards, and cul-de-sacs is more convenient than a five minute walk to the store? Or, if you're really in a rural area, getting in the car and driving for 30 minutes to get to the nearest small grocery store, as opposed to a five minute walk? That is a statement I do not understand at all. (I've lived in suburbia, and rural America too, both in rich rural American and poor rural America. All of them are horrible for day-to-day living compared to anywhere I've ever lived in a city.)