Yes. If you live outside the center of a major city, you must own a car or rely on other people for rides. There is often no public transit, and the distances b

Yes. If you live outside the center of a major city, you must own a car or rely on other people for rides. There is often no public transit, and the distances between things can be very, very large (easily 10-20km between small towns, and expanding the further west you go). Most non-Americans underestimate how enormous the USA is, even on a local level. If you're a couple and both of you have jobs, it's not always feasible to have one person drop off the other before work because things are so spread out. Without public transit, this means people often need 2 cars.