[FredPret]

The day I bought my first car, my personal freedom skyrocketed.

Same when I later moved to a transit-heavy big city (Toronto). I tried to tough it out for years, but buying a car completely transformed my experience of living there.

[stetrain]

The creator of the video linked in the article talks about Toronto a lot and its major shortcomings on transit and general urban planning.

A lot of North American cities are bad places to live without a car, even though the population density should make that a reasonable option since there is not room for everyone to drive and park a car.