> To move from place to place, it seems the average American prefers their car I’m sorry but I really hate this argument. In most places in the US it’s impossi

> To move from place to place, it seems the average American prefers their car I’m sorry but I really hate this argument. In most places in the US it’s impossible to use anything but a car to get around. It’s not that most of these articles want to ban cars, most are just trying get public transit/biking/walking as a second option. You can’t have only one option then walk around saying “well I guess Americans really prefer this option, we shouldn’t give them any other options”. > And it is not just an American thing. If you look at developing countries like India and China, car ownership and usage is exploding as people grow wealthier. This is, as usual a thing in degrees. The number of US cars owned sits at 96-100% of the drive-able population. China is at ~30%. India is ~10%. A commenter mentions Europe as having “a lot of cars” but a quick eyeball shows that most European countries have roughly 1/3 fewer cars than America. These aren’t trivial differences that you can just handwave away.