The headline/title seems like something of a stretch for two reasons. The first is pedantic. The US was formed in the 1700s, roughly a century before the first

The headline/title seems like something of a stretch for two reasons. The first is pedantic. The US was formed in the 1700s, roughly a century before the first car was invented. Most, if not all, neighborhoods prior to that were built from scratch. The second is less-pedantic. It is hard to imagine that the various communes and utopias designed/built throughout the twentieth century in the US all required a car in order to live in them and be a part of the community.