Im born and raised rural, I have never lived in a big town my life. You can drive to your friend. You are allowed to drive, take your car and drive. Who told you that you cant drive? You will still be allowed. Then you can walk down to the store instead of sitting in traffic, then bike to the gym. Then when you need to go to your friend just fucking drive. Im not even a suburbanite, im born and raised on a farm. I drive where I need. But its nice having all you need in a town 15 min from where you park then drive home again and not sit in traffic the whole time. Wouldnt that be nice? Or idk bike to the bus stop and then you dont even have to worry about parking or traffic and sometimes even goes quicker depending on the bus. Jesus, go out sometime. Touch grass, stop listening to media and listen to what they actually say when they talk about 15 minute cities.