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Shrug. I've bicycled in snowy weather, heavy rain, heat waves, days without light, and so on. I think there's absolutely something like a "skill issue" there. I bicycle everyday.
I don't change clothes either when I bicycle.
And no, fuel costs are pretty much significant in every car. I paid €200 on bicycle maintenance over ... 10 years.
If you drive by car you'll easily pay quadruple that within a year.
And yes, car parking is a problem. It takes up a lot of space. Look at Houston's 44% space being used by parking spaces and tell me that that's not a problem. It absolutely is. The parking IS part of the urban sprawl problem.
In fact, I'd go so far as to say that it isn't a lack of "supporting cars" that creates a problem of parking -- it's the opposite, in fact: it's the nigh-weaponised dangerous support for cars that creates the problem for people.
Frankly, I think it's weak if one only ever can drive by car. Walk, bicycle, and use public transit - now that's real independence.
Then you’re probably not working in a job that has decent dress standards, or your coworkers hate that you smell.