Too many Americans live in places built for cars – not for human connection
I&#x27;ve seen so much anti-car, pro-walkability, pro-transit, pro-bikeability sentiment online recently.<p>I really hope this is proof of the younger generations -- Millenials, Zoomers, and younger folks even -- waking up to the idea that the USA in particular has become a toxic environment thanks to cars. WFH was a big wakeup call, I think -- once you step away from the commute for a year or two, trying to sit in traffic again seems <i>insane</i>. I guess it&#x27;s a successful &quot;unboiling of the frog,&quot; where we realized that car infratructure has been turned up for the last century to unbearable levels.<p>I hate cars. I don&#x27;t want to use them on a daily basis. I&#x27;m cheap, and I don&#x27;t want to own one, or maintain one. I try to do everything I can by biking or walking, or transit if those aren&#x27;t feasible. It is nearly impossible in 95% of the USA.<p>Selfishly, I really want the USA to bring city centers back to livable levels by banning most cars and redesigning them for humans. Otherwise I&#x27;m absolutely going to end up moving to Europe eventually -- likely the Netherlands -- because driving a car is just so unpleasant for me. I&#x27;d rather not learn a whole new language and leave my family and friends so far behind, but especially since covid I&#x27;ve come to realize that driving makes me miserable, and I need other ways to get from my home into the world.