Happiness is an inside job. In the 1940's you could travel all over Southern California on the Pacific Electric. It was a light rail system that traveled from Long Beach to Los Angeles and Beverly Hills. This system was destroyed along with all the other rail systems in the country in the 1940's. People were forced into buying automobiles.
Automobiles are expensive, dirty, dangerous, inefficient, and unhealthy.
This is the first paraplegic nation in the world. If you can't afford a 2,000 lb. There is just enough public transportation for the haves to get maid service from the have nots. A bus to in the morning and a bus from in the evening. Here is a good example of what I am writing about.