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If your city and region got rid of cars, you could have that, too.
Not if they're living on the the village
Traditional pre-car villages were all walkable and all had their own train station. They sprawled out and lost their train stations when cars came around.
Tradition: 5 min bike to village station, 15 min train to local city, 15 min train to neighboring city, 5 min bike to destination, cost 2โฌ
Modernity: 1 hour of focused labor in traffic, 5 min walk through parking garage, cost 20โฌ
I live in a village with about 1000 residents and I have to say that it's ok to get everywhere. It just becomes a problem if you want to drive back late or on Sundays because the bus doesn't come at that time
To the nearest train station I need around an hour when I walk. Usually that's not needed though. After that it's another hour to the nearest large city
Point being?