It's an absolute necessity, it's not a luxury contrary to the way it may be painted or viewed externally. Unless you want to diverge from efficiency expectation

It's an absolute necessity, it's not a luxury contrary to the way it may be painted or viewed externally. Unless you want to diverge from efficiency expectations in modern society needed to work a job and instead move out to an Amish farm of sorts, you're going to need a car. I'd love to have a viable efficient public transit system, infrastructure, or culture built around it but it simply doesn't exist for well over the vast majority of Americans. All other transit options simply aren't viable alternatives.