I agree with you that car dependency is not the only problem that young people are facing. But it definitely exacerbates the other problems they’re facing. Fin

I agree with you that car dependency is not the only problem that young people are facing. But it definitely exacerbates the other problems they’re facing. Financial insecurity, and needing to spend 30 mins and 2 gallons of gas just to see a friend, means that it is prohibitively expensive and hard to see people. Community has become fractured in many ways, like what’s specifically referenced in the article, but the requirement to drive just to meet up with anyone just compounds the issue further. I had this same problem when I lived in the US as a young millennial. You could never just accidentally run into your friends, you all had to plan and commit to a whole drive just to see each other. I moved to Europe, and now I can just ride my bike over to a friends place in 10 mins, or take an approximately free tram/bus. I think this would greatly help those in the US as well