For all those complaining about car centered design in the US, the root cause of it is the avoidance of niggers. No one wants to take public transit or live downtown if it's full of niggers. Fix that before you start hating on parking lots, suburban sprawl, and highway expansion.
If you can avoid owning a car and rent instead of paying mortgage on a house that you will additionally pay property tax on then you can live on less income and do not need as strict job requirements
Having less strict job requirements increases the possibility of living in a neighborhood where you do not need to own a car nor bus to get to work or where you can possibly retire and never drive again since you need less money to retire without a car or property tax scam house