[FearOfTheDuck]

And now the time has come to speak about economic part of sprawl and self-driving cars (let's assume they will happen soon)

When you say that "they are trying to push people into dense cities". One should read as "I want the govt to continue subsidizing construction of roads and suburbs.". Because can you really afford that lifestyle without making the ends meet, if you will have to fully pay for all of that?

And will you be able to easily afford a self-driving car, if that will ever come to existence?

And don't you think that you will fully own your self-driving car with open-source firmware running onboard? Most likely you won't. Think more of a subscription-based self-driving feature, which will have unpredictable pricing, and mandatory always-online. Do you really want that "freedom"?