I wouldn't be so extreme, since Americans do display care and neighborly affection in a myriad of other ways. What is the case though, is that americans have re

I wouldn't be so extreme, since Americans do display care and neighborly affection in a myriad of other ways. What is the case though, is that americans have reified freedom to mean actual cars. Curbing driving in a car (very specifically this) is perceived as curbing of freedom. It's a disease of the american mind.