[pjmlp]

Assuming one can get a house at an affordable rate to start with.

It doesn't scale because not everyone is rich enough to live close to transportation hubs nor they can take everyone that wants to live nearby.

[fulafel]

Housing supply and transport infra mostly responds to demand without pricing out people. Outside of urban hotspots where rent seeking rules.

Most cities, and most people's home vicinities, are not land cramped like the world's megacities.

[pjmlp]

Come to Europe to the cities where one actually finds a job and then try to use the public transportation for that 1h 30m commute time, easily done in 30m with a car.

[fulafel]

Already there, but it's not like that. 1h 30m in public transport would get me to another town.

[pjmlp]

If you are lucky enough to live in suburbs with a job that works for you and good connection, then all the best.

Just don't assume it actually scales for everyone, specially when the closest bus stop requires 15m walking for a bus that only comes around every 30m, just to get to the next connection point.