[denimnerd42]

My favorite thing to do is visit outdoor recreation areas 30-60m outside my city and but within my metropolitan area (which is the size of rhode island)

If cars were suddenly unobtainable, I would be forced to move to maintain my sanity which would have other quality of life impacts such as being far from family or less job opportunity.

I don't see how anything short of nuking this metropolitan area and waiting for the dust to clear in order to rebuild can fix the current mess we're in here.

On the other hand my work is a short 8 mile bike ride along nice quiet side streets which pre-COVID i used to do 4-5 times per week. There was a shower in the gym at work I used which made the entire thing feasible. Frequently I'm nervous about the affects on my health due to the poor air quality here but the relaxation and fitness it brings seems to be a good tradeoff.

I would be happy to not own a car due to the outrageous expense to myself and society, but I don't see myself easily giving up the freedom that comes with it.