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Bruh, what's your public transit solution for folks living outside major metropolitan areas (something the US has in spades)? When someone says small town America think towns with sub 5,000 people.
There are small towns in Japan sub 5000 right next to their shinkaisen bullet train
You've never been to rural Japan if you think they primarily use public transport.
Hell, even in the outskirts of Tokyo most people have cars and drive.
That said tho, there's no excuse for urban city centers to not be walkable.
My experience was on the train line so I have major bias lol
Even in Europe most rural small towns I saw in, say, the Alsace region had a bus line at best but most used cars.
I feel like small towns should have a locally developed and mantained Uber-ish app. There is really no reason as to why people and families that work in the same place, live close to each other, send their kids to the same school, and have known each other for decades (as is the case in small towns) don't commute together to work or church or whatever.