[LeoTinnitus]

That is never the case in the US. Imagine half the population size of your country, then space out the distance between where you are and everything else by 10 or more. The reason we drive everywhere isn't because we want to, it's because we have to. Driving is our second pair of legs basically because everything is a minimum 10-25KM away from everything...if not greater.

[masonic]

  That is never the case in the US.

It probably is the case that there is alcohol within walking distance (even for Americans) for at least 30% of the US population, even most suburbs. What Europeans consider "pubs"? No, because that's not the culture. Here, restaurants serve alcohol. There, pubs serve food.