@admin

Spot on. You’re very fortunate that most of the locations essential for your lifestyle are within walking distance.

Sadly, the car culture mindset is more than the attitudes that you have described so well. Some places that I need to go to regularly are 5-10 miles away, which precludes the possibility of walking there. That is usually by design. The 20th century saw a systematic dismantling of mass transit, especially rail, to force people to buy cars.

It’s possible to get to a more walkable culture, but not without massive infrastructure changes.

We give cars way too much priority in city planning. I think it’s a throwback to the rugged individualism and self-reliance ethos that shaped the western expansion of the US.

We need to change our culture to have a greater sense of community.