Why is there a necessity to move fast? Things are close together, so the need for speed is actually decreased. If you're willing to tolerate a 20 minute commu

Why is there a necessity to move fast? Things are close together, so the need for speed is actually decreased. If you're willing to tolerate a 20 minute commute, that might be a 1 mile walk in the city compared to a 20 mile drive in the middle of nowhere. It ends up working out; people put stuff close together specifically so that you can easily travel between those places without burning dinosaurs or running over the local children whose ball went into the street! If you need to cover longer distances, you can likely go slowly towards some sort of transit hub and then take a faster vehicle to your final destination. (This is why people fly instead of drive across the country. In the cities, you can run trains underground and not conflict with anything else going on in the city! Many cities have tried this with great success; the only complaint is not doing enough of it.)