It depends on whether or not the move to a less dense area corresponds with increased travel and car use. My wife and I can go days without leaving our house. W

It depends on whether or not the move to a less dense area corresponds with increased travel and car use. My wife and I can go days without leaving our house. We have a single car. When we lived in a city, we went out multiple times per day, but it was almost exclusively on foot. We probably had the same number of car trips per week to visit friends, since most of them lived in the suburbs, plus wanting to get out into nature, which we value. When we lived in the suburbs, in an in-between space, we probably had the highest car use, and life required two vehicles. So, it's not either-or. There's a spectrum. You can't expect to maintain the same habits and lifestyle in a rural location as you do in a dense urban environment, etc. Expanding rural access to electric vehicle infrastructure, and re-investing in regional rail would be transformational for these communities, though.