[midoridensha]

There are alternatives, right in America. Americans aren't completely clueless about places where cars aren't necessary to live. NYC is the poster child for that inside America, and other big cities have downtown areas where some people live car-free: Chicago, DC, etc.

The vast majority of Americans don't want to live in those places. They complain that they can't park their cars, that it's too dense, too expensive, etc. They deride these places and the people who live in them as latte and avocado toast eaters, while they make their huge monthly payments on their $50k-$100k SUV or pickup truck.