The worst part is that the U.S. layout of basically any town or city is endless suburbia, so cars is the only viable option, regardless of how miserable that is in usage and impact. In Europe there are more options in the form of more centralized building, public transport and lo and behold, bicycles. I am not sure how the U.S. is going to fix this problem when they have actively ignored it for decades.,(reply>), I'd say it's more the scale of the problem. The US is a large country and long drives are common.,(reply>), Public transport is still shit in all but the richest parts near big cities, even then most of everything else is miserable unless you want to pay millions to live in a 20m2 box. Europe isn't this monolith that Americans like to portray,(reply>), Its equally miserable to use public transport in europe.,(reply>), Some people don't want to live in crowded cities... I can't stand them.