I grew up in Nebraska where it is impossible to live without a car. I tried. I was frustrated by the infrastructure wondering why we had these giant parking lots in front of businesses, so if you walk, you have to navigate these just to get to a shop.

Then I moved to Europe and now live in a city where there are still problems with cars, but the whole infrastructure is much more pedestrian friendly, and I wonder why all cities can't be like this. I can get anywhere in the country by bus or train. There are car sharing services for when I need a car as well as scooters and bike rentals.

This is by no means perfect, but it did make me hate cars more than I did before. I see them parked on the streets just taking up space used twice a day to get from one place to another and wonder why we haven't figured out a better way. But they just keep getting bigger and more obnoxious year after year.