I agree with that. I do question what my life would look like in that case - for the past 5 years I lived about 7 miles from work. I am currently in a college

I agree with that. I do question what my life would look like in that case - for the past 5 years I lived about 7 miles from work. I am currently in a college town while I am finishing up at university, and so I'm now: 3 miles from school, ~40 miles from work. I use pseudo-public transport (a shuttle that my apartment complex provides / runs privately) to get to school every day. However, that situation works because there is a large group of people that need to go to exactly the same place (campus) at approximately the same time every day. I still need a car, because I often have to go to school late in the evening to use lab equipment when the shuttles don't run. For work, it's even more important to have a car - a public transport route would likely take ~45 minutes compared to the ~12 minute drive on my old 7 mile commute. For the 40+ mile commute I have now, I'd likely have to jump between several different busses (go from my town to the town my company is at, then a bus from there to the regional airport where my office is). That would probably be at least an hour and a half, each way -- if you could even get the city to run a route from a hub to that regional airport. All of this is not to mention trips I take just to explore, or to go hiking, or to see friends or family in distant towns, grocery shopping, or visiting a specific specialty store. From what I've seen so far, the only people whose quality of life wouldn't be decimated by a lack of a car are the most privileged - young elites in major cities who live close to work (and can cycle there), who can afford the fees for an uber or taxi when they need one, or who work entirely remotely. The people in the lower and middle class who commute to work and want to go grab beers with friends a few miles away on their friday night - well, they're either forgotten, or mocked when they're remembered. It leaves a bad taste in the mouth for the whole thing.