"The world is better off" for people who live in suburbs. Those who live in cities now subsidize the suburbanites quality of life by sacrificing land area (roads, parking) and pollution (particulate, noise) to support drivers
Everything is subsidized one way or another. Your examples (roads, parking) is valid. But likewise, a suburban/rural taxpayer subsidizes the sidewalks and public transit in the city he may never set foot in (certainly that's the case here in New York where NYC transit is funded by a large part from state-level taxation.)
If you want to attempt to net out these calculations and see who's subsidizing whom, we can try to do that. Complaining about the one form of subsidy that happens to align with your point is unrigorous.
If you want to attempt to net out these calculations and see who's subsidizing whom, we can try to do that. Complaining about the one form of subsidy that happens to align with your point is unrigorous.