For a supermarket I’d definitely have to drive. There is a reason why giant stores are not on every corner - they are designed to be huge warehouses that at ti

For a supermarket I’d definitely have to drive. There is a reason why giant stores are not on every corner - they are designed to be huge warehouses that at times are large enough to service the entire city, given a small enough city. It is definitely a matter of choice. The US as a country is just as large and diverse as EU. You can certainly live in a very dense city centre somewhere in North East that will be very much “European”, with public transit and everything. It would be too much hassle to even have a car. Or you could live on a ranch somewhere hours away from “civilization”